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    • Sharing Options from WordPress.com to Facebook Are Changing

      Posted at 5:32 pm by Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, on July 23, 2018

      From WordPress– We wanted to update you about an upcoming change Facebook is introducing to their platform, and which affects how you may share posts from your WordPress.com website to your Facebook account.

      via Sharing Options from WordPress.com to Facebook Are Changing

       

      Hey there, fellow bloggers. I’m on a “Blog Break” right now, but I thought some of you might be interested in this if you publish your Blog Posts to your Facebook account. ~Mary

      Posted in #WritersLife | 4 Comments | Tagged Blogging, changes, facebook, Linked Posts, Publicize, wordpress
    • #AmWriting Hanging Out #MFRWauthor

      Posted at 10:04 am by Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, on April 14, 2017

      It’s already Week 15 in the 52-Week Blog Challenge Blog Hop. I’ve been so bad at this challenge, but when I decided to do this, I knew I wouldn’t be able to participate each week. And that’s okay according to the rules at Marketing for Romance Writers 52-Week Blog Challenge.

      Week 15 Topic: My Social Media Hangouts

      Feel free to Follow, Friend, Like, Peek, or visit now and then to see what is going on. I don’t spend a lot of time on any of my sites, but Facebook and Twitter are the ones I use more regularly.

      Website/Blog: You’re here now.  🙂 Thanks for visiting.

      Facebook Personal Page: “Personal pages” have a limit of 5000 Friends but unlimited Followers.

      Facebook Author Page: I don’t use this as much as my personal page, though I’ve considered moving most of my posts to my author page. Unfortunately, most of you don’t get to see my posts there because Facebook wants me to pay to boost posts so you will see them. Our “Facebook Pages” (author page) have unlimited Likes and Followers.

      One thing I like about the personal and author pages at Facebook is the Notes section. This can be shared as a status. It has hyperlinks and you can add photos with your post. Here’s an example: https://www.facebook.com/notes/author-mary-j-mccoy-dressel/whats-it-about-where-is-it-hey-cowboy-bull-rider-series-2/10151775941969319/

      Twitter: I’ve been lax with Twitter too but once this next book gets out, I plan on going back to regular Tweeting. When I’m on a roll with regular posting, I use Buffer to schedule posts.

      I don’t use the following social media sites as often as I should.

      Goodreads: Now owned by Amazon.

      Google Plus: You can join groups/communities. This is great if you like to join Hangouts. Google Hangouts is a communication platform developed by Google which includes instant messaging, video chat, SMS and VOIP features. Credit: Wikipedia.

      LinkedIn: I do have a profile here, but I’m invisible, meaning I don’t post anything or do anything here. In fact, I’m not sure how an author should use LindkedIn. Visiting my profile minutes ago, I realized I was three books behind, so I updated that part of my profile.

      Author’s Den: I post my books here. There is more to do on this site.

      As I’ve said, I don’t keep some of these sites updated like I should. My goal right now is to “write books” instead of spending a lot of time on social media. I try to post on Facebook and Twitter daily. Sometimes I run out of things to post about, so I’ll share something from other Facebook pages. I’ve been on Facebook for many years and some Friends have been with me since the beginning. When you Friend or Like a page, make sure you check to Receive Notifications so you will see posts.

      I appreciate your visit today. Please Visit the other participants.

      Authors, I’ll be visiting your posts throughout the weekend. I have a book coming out very soon, and you know how that goes.  ❀

      Week 15 – #MFRWAuthors 52-Week Blog Challenge Participants

      This is a Blog Hop!


      1.
      My Social Media Meeting Places
      2.
      Out and About – Cailin Briste
      3.
      Hanging Out On Social Media–Sara Walter Ellwood
      4.
      Robin Michaela: Social Media
      5.
      Maureen Bonatch – Why I Love Facebook & Other Cyberspace Hangouts
      6.
      Ellie Mack – My Social Media Hangouts
      7.
      Words and Pictures (Shari Elder)
      8.
      Linda McLaughlin/Lyndi Lamont
      9.
      Cathy Brockman – A Mix-up
      10.
      Alina K Field – My Hangouts
      11.
      Peggy Jaeger – Where I hang out when I want to be social
      12.
      Meka James – Come Find Me
      13.
      Kenzie Michaels – Kenzie’s Place
      14.
      Sherry Lewis – Where I hang out online
      15.
      Helen Henderson – Where Do You Hangout?

       

      Posted in #AmWriting, #MFRWauthor, 52-week blog challenge | 16 Comments | Tagged #MFRWauthor, 52-week blog challenge, Authors Den, blog hop, cowboy, facebook, Goodreads, Google Plus, LinkedIn, mary j mccoy dressel, Twitter, western romance
    • What the Heck. No, Literally–What the Heck…

      Posted at 9:35 am by Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, on May 7, 2015

      All right guys and gals. My mind is spinning over a big dilemma. You see, my questionsupcoming book doesn’t start with my hero or heroine. My editor and I are both torn over this opening, but she said it was so well written that she hated me not using it, or something like that.

      It’s emotional and has a lot of impact, but it’s from another character in my series—a special and important character who is in all the books in the series—

      This is my hero’s story. He appears immediately in the opening, so we do get to see and hear what he has to say about what is coming in his life. But, the emotional aspect of the person telling this, also shows a lot of insight into the hero’s character—through her eyes.

      I took this question to Facebook and received interesting responses. It seems none of them cared if the story didn’t start with the hero or heroine. My hero’s POV comes in on page five so it isn’t like it takes long to get into his head. But, we’re talking about the opening to a book that only has seconds to grab a reader.

      I’m sure my series readers will love the opening because by now they know the characters. After all, this is the fourth book in the series and we’ve all become quite attached. Yes, including me! I love my characters and their stories.

      Ahh, Romance!

      Of course the beginning is important in any book, but Romance is different. The story is about the two main characters. Two or more, depending on what you write paper-and-penof course. I’ve never written more than two character POVs. Well, I shouldn’t say never, because I don’t know what I did before I knew what I was doing. Ask my first editor.

      As a matter of fact, this character gets a POV spot two other times in this story. I’m not worried about those other two spots.

      Some suggestions I had from Facebook:

      • Make it a prologue. Well, this doesn’t exactly fit the criteria for a prologue. Sure, it’s a different character, but the main character is right there too. In book time, it’s only a few hours until his POV shows up.
      • Another suggestion was to call it an Introduction. I loved the idea, but some people don’t read introductions (or prologues), and when a reader reads a sample on Amazon or the other retailers, it would probably begin with Chapter One. Therefore, the reader would have to scroll back to see an Introduction. Don’t quote me on that. 🙂 I’ve seen “Look Inside the Book” open to Chapter One and at times open to the Copyright page. I think it has something to do with the formatting.
      • One more comment mentioned writing the character’s name as a subheading. I did this in my manuscript and I’ll see what my editor says, although she read the Facebook responses. New readers won’t have a clue who this character is, though. Books don’t always get read in order.
      • Others said, “Go for it.”
      • Some said, “I see nothing wrong with it.
      • Another said, “It’s great to see how others in the book think and feel.

      Cover. Blurb. Title.

      It’s my thought that my cover, blurb, and title all say who the book is about? By the way, you’ll see the cover soon unless you’re a mailing list subscriber who already did. 😉

      © Ekkaphan Phantana-angkul

      So this is my dilemma. Give up an emotional scene that still shows a bit about my hero, or jump into page five and make it the beginning, and delete the beginning.

      What am I asking of you? *Shrugging*

      1. Maybe I’m thinking out loud through my blog.
      2. Maybe to see what you, my blog readers have to say about this?
      3. Or, hoping that if I think about this long enough, my solution will magically come to me.

      In the meantime, my manuscript is about to be sent back to my editor, andPencil-Paper-FUN_thumb.jpg I will continue to lose sleep until the decision feels right in my head. Actually, the beginning does feel right to me, but I want to please readers and make it the best it can be for them, too.

      Wish me luck!

      In the mean time, I won’t be doing this:

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      But, I might be doing this:

      image_thumb.png and this Source 	originally posted to Flickr as Cannolo Siciliano Author 	Paolo Piscolla Wiki CommonsThanks for letting me think out loud as I talk to you here.

      Have an enjoyable day! Come back and visit y’all.

      Source originally posted to Flickr as Cannolo Siciliano
      Wiki Commons

      Posted in #AmWriting | 8 Comments | Tagged editing, facebook, main character, novel writing, Opening scene
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