DAUGHTERS: THE GOOD AND THE BAD by Nonnie Jules

My name is NONNIE JULES, mom, wife, author, blogger and friend.  I became a published author in May of this year (2013) with the release of "THE GOOD MOMMIES' GUIDE TO RAISING (ALMOST) PERFECT DAUGHTERS", 100 Tips On Raising Daughters Everyone Can't Help But Love!  My second release was my debut novel entitled "Daydream's Daughter, Nightmare's Friend", which was recently published at the end of November.  I hope you all will check out both of my books at the links posted below.  I personally feel they are both great reads!

I would like to talk with you today about HOW TO HANDLE BAD BOOK REVIEWS.  I remember when my parenting guide was first published, I was contacted via Twitter by another author friend who wanted to bring to my attention the fact that my guide was being trashed on a certain website.  I won't list the site (I'm sure you all have some idea of what it is, if you're an author) as I don't care to give any attention at all to it, since it's filled with so much  negativity and children who obviously haven't been parented properly.  I say this, because if they had been, there is no way they would behave the way the do in such ridiculously disrespectful manners.  

Well, on this site there were these "children" (I use this term for anyone, no matter their age who behaves in childish ways) who were very upset that I shared in my book that my 20 plus year old daughter is still a virgin (Yes, I think that's awesome, too!!!!).  They said they had never read my book, would never read my book, etc yet they were posting these reviews.  Now, on Amazon, all the reviews that I've seen from actual readers of the guide, have all given it 5 stars.  (Thank you all!).  Luckily, I can't say that I've received a negative review there 'yet'.  But, I know they are out there.  How do I know this?  Because you cannot please everyone.  Eventually, someone will not like one of my books (I mean, an actual reader, not those children I referred to earlier), and when that time comes, here are 7 ways I will handle my bad book reviews:

1)  If the reviewer/reader is respectful, I will take the time to thank them for even reading my book.

2)  I will remember that each review is just one person's opinion, and everyone's entitled even if it's not in line with mine.

3)  I will smile and not take it personally.  I will keep in mind that the review is on my book and not me personally. (At least, hopefully)

4)  If the reviewer/reader has taken the time to point out some things he/she didn't like about the book, I will take the time to review those items to ensure that they were written to the best of my ability.

5)  I will use the bad review as motivation to create better and better work.

6)  I will not allow the review to get me down or depressed.  I will use it as a propellant to excel higher.

7)  I will smile and remember that no one can please everybody.

So there!  I laid it all out for you...the ways I will handle bad book reviews and I hope that you also use the tips when you encounter your first, your second, your third and beyond in the bad book review department.  It will happen.  It's the nature of the business we're in, we just have to roll with the punches, always with a bright attitude and a smile on our face.

I hope these tidbits were of some help to you because I have committed to embracing each and every one of  them when I get my first REAL one.  

Before I leave, I'd like to invite you to check out my blogs WATCH NONNIE WRITE! and ASK THE GOOD MOMMY.  There is never a dull moment at either.  If you enjoy what you read there, please feel free to FOLLOW my blog for updated blog posts.  I promise, your mailbox will never be over-run with posts from me, and I can guarantee that each post will enlighten, entertain as well as inform you.  

If you're interested in connecting with me via social media, I'm on Twitter daily @nonniejules and my Facebook handle is Nonnie Jules.  Please feel free to #Follow and Friend me.

I ask once again that you check out both my books at the links below as well as their trailers.  I also ask that you spread the word to your family and friends about each book.  And one more request, before you leave, please post a comment below as we authors love those.  For every comment posted on each stop on my tour, you will get one entry per day and at the conclusion of the tour, I will award 3 lucky winners.  For more info on the prizes, please click here.

Thanks again for having me and I hope it was enjoyable and informative to you all.  Until next time, I wish you much peace, love and great reads.

Nonnie Jules, Author
"...and her words breathe life onto paper"

CONTACT:
General Blog
Parenting Blog
Nonnie's Book Store - Signed Copies & more
Twitter:  @nonniejules

BOOKS:
"The Good Mommies' Guide to Raising (Almost) Perfect Daughters,"
100 Tips On Raising Daughters Everyone Can't Help But Love!
www.amazon.com/dp/B00CP62O56
www.createspace.com/4355124

"Daydream's Daughter, Nightmare's Friend
www.amazon.com/dp/B00GLM2VVM

TRAILERS:

"THE GOOD MOMMIES' GUIDE ..." 

"Daydream's Daughter, Nightmare's Friend"

GUEST POST: DAVID LAWRENCE-YOUNG

Your Name --  DAVID LAWRENCE-YOUNG

1 - When did you first start writing? 1998

2 - Do you read much?  YES If yes, have you always loved reading? YES                 

3 -  Who’s your favorite author?  What’s your favorite book?

NO FAVOURITES, BUT ILOVE “THREE MEN IN A BOAT”-IT’S V.V.FUNNY‘

4 - What writers have influenced you the most? NOBODY SPECIAL

5 - Do you have a favorite fictional character?  NO 

Either from a book or movie or a tv show?

6 - What are you working on right now?  Can you tell us something about it? WRITING A SEQUEL AFTER MY NOVEL ABOUT ANNE OF CLEVES – HENRY VIII’S FOURTH WIFE, ABOUT HENRY VIII’S FIFTH WIFE, CATHERINE HOWARD

7 - Is there anything in particular that you do to get in the mood to write, or to get in the ‘zone’?  Any particular pre-writing routines? NO, I AM LUCKY.ICAN WRITE ANYWHERE AND DON’T NEED SPECIAL PENS, ROOMS, KARMA ETC.  I OFTEN PLAY LIGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC IN BACKGROUND

8 - Where do you do your writing? USUALLY IN THE SPARE/ GUEST ROOM IN MY FLAT OR IN THE KITCHEN .

9 - How do you approach your writing?  i.e. - Do you do outlines?  Character bios?  Etc.? I SOMETIMES WRITE VERY SKETCHY OUTLINES AND MAYBE A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE MAIN CHARACTERS,

10 - Do you have any advice for other writers? YES, KEEP AT IT AND PRAY!!!

11 - Are you a morning person or evening person?  Day or night?

OFTEN MORNING BUT CAN ALSO WORK HAPPILY AT NIGHT.

12 - Do you have any pets? NO

13 - What’s your favorite ‘I need a break from writing’ activity?

GOING FOR A WALK, READING SOMETHING LIGHT OR THE NEWSPAPER OR A MAGAZINE

14 - How do you approach writing sex scenes?  They can range from mild to wild.  Where are you on the mild to wild meter? STARTED OFF AS COLD, NOW GETTING MUCH HOTTER, BUT NOT TOO HOT AS I WRITE HISTORICAL  NOT EROTIC NOVELS.

15 - Do you write in one genre?  Or more than one? 90% HISTORICAL NOVELS BUT HAVE WRITTEN A SHORTMYSTERY STORY, BUT THAT WAS BASED ON A TRUE HISTORICAL INCIDENT.

16 - Are you self-published or with a publishing house? PUBLISHING HOUSE, INCL. GMTA

17 - What are your thoughts on getting a literary agent? HAVE TRIED BUT NOT SUCCEEDED. PERHAPS BEING AN EX-PAT BRIT NOT LIVING IN UK MAKES AGENTS THINK THEY DON’T WANT TO TAKE ME ON. GETTING AN AGENT FOR ME HAS PROVED HARDER THAN GETTING A PUBLISHER.

18 - What about marketing?  How do you approach that area? GIVE IDEAS TO PUBLISHERS OR CONTACT USEFUL PEOPLE DIRECTLY

ALSO ADVERTISE MY BOOKS ON MY WEBSITE

(www.dly-books..weebly.com)

19 - What about beta readers?  Do you use them?  How many do you have?  Where do you find them? DON’T USE BETA READERS

20 - What’s your favorite food? VERY HAPPY WITH THICK FRESH BREAD AND BITTER ORANGE MARMALADE  ALSO BREAKFAST CEREALS, BUT NOT THE VERY SUGARY ONES

21 - What’s your favorite color? MAROON

22 - Is there a particular website or facebook page or blog that you, as a writer, find very helpful? NO

23 - What’s your favorite time of the year? SUMMER, BUT NOW I AM AGEING, (67+) I DON’T DISLIKE WINTER ANY MORE

24 - What’s your most recent book about?  And where can people buy it?

“ANNE OF CLEVES – HENRY’S  LUCKIEST WIFE” A BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL ABOUT HENRYVIII’S FOURTH WIFE. CAN BE BOUGHT FROM GMTA OR AMAZON ETC.

25 - As a writer, what do you feel is your strongest gift or talent or skill that you have, that helps you the most as a writer? MY LOVE OF HISTORY AND TRYING TO PUT OVER THE SITUATION, POLITICS AND ATMOSPHERE OF THE PERIOD/ACTION/ EVENT I AM DESCRIBING.

MAYBE THIS COMES OF HAVING BEEN A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 46 YEARS AND EXPLAINING IDEAS & EVENTS TO KIDS ETC

26 - Please share some of your links with us - facebook author page, website, where people can find your books –

WEBSITE; www.dly-books.weebly.com

Also on Facebook

Author Showcase : Carol J. Murto, CH, MH

     Carol is the author of Soul Awareness - A Spiritual Awakening to Self Knowledge and Healing. This book has its roots in Carol’s Soul Awareness class and it was inspired by Carol’s healing work with her clients. A writer since childhood, Carol has always found a variety of venues as an expression for her writing talents, but it is with Soul Awareness that Carol was truly inspired to bring to the page a reflection of internal content that is not only learned based on her 16 years of experience in her healing work, but also channeled. Carol teaches, holds public forums and hosts prayer/healing gatherings.

Connect with Carol

 http://channeledspiritualhealing.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Channeled-Spiritual-Healing-with-Carol-J-Murto/197486866960376

 Soul Awareness – A Spiritual Awakening to Self Knowledge and Healing is a Spiritual self help book, designed to bring a fresh awareness of what our Soul is and to serve as a guide to help heal at the deepest level – the Soul level. With clear, practical instruction and fascinating case histories from Carol’s 16 years as a healing practitioner, Soul Awareness will provide Spiritual direction and support through the text itself; true life stories of personal Soul healing and meditations. Soul Awareness offers tools that are appropriate for the beginner who is exploring the process of their deeper spirituality and the function of the Soul as well as individuals who may have been exploring their Soul connection and Spirituality for a life time. The direction provided in this book can lead the individual to heal on all levels; the Spiritual, physical, and psychological. Once healed, each individual life is opened to new possibilities including finding one’s life purpose.


GUEST POST:

Chapter 3

Our human existence lives in the balance of two very real energies. The bible teaches and speaks of the existence of good and evil. Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and other religions have an understanding of this reality. In Christianity evil has a personal identity that began with the fallen angel, Lucifer. In the beginning, God created the Angels as personal and immaterial beings with free will. The understanding is that a hierarchy of angels exists; the cherubim, seraphim and Archangels, each designed for specific tasks.

The Angels understood in their creation that they were a part of something magnificent, amazing and in harmony with the Divine. There was no question as to the nature of their existence and their purpose. As a creation of God they were filled with love and light, and each had specific gifts with which to assist God and humankind. Created as loving beings they simply set about the task of fulfilling Divine Will, essentially participating in God’s creation. Personal desire did not exist as such. But somewhere within the hierarchy of Angels, one specific angel, the Angel Lucifer rebelled, basically due to ego, a belief of self-importance. How this occurred was based on Lucifer’s desire to, not only be with God, but to be God. When he rebelled against the order that God created, evil was born. When he rebelled against perfect balance, something inside of him changed, and he warped and magnified into something else. The inherent design of evil is the opposite of creation. It was Lucifer’s attempt at another form of creation. Since the beginning, the understanding of the fallen Angel Lucifer in Christianity is that Lucifer’s free will separated self from God. According to Christianity this is the beginning and basis for all human suffering. This is the Christian belief, but understand that Lucifer’s free will included the desire to take over and control a creation of his own. This creation would be destruction; a destruction of God’s creation. Thus he was cast out from the Heavenly realm, to dwell elsewhere.

In Buddhism evil is regarded as real only in the reality that human existence is the all-pervading condition of suffering. The only possibility of escaping suffering is to understand this true nature of this life (reality). Eventually we can escape our ignorance, karma and reincarnation and obtain enlightenment through the teachings of Buddha

Author Showcase: D. Lawrence-Young and his book Anne of Cleves: Henry's Luckiest Wife

  D. Lawrence-Young takes the often pompous and frequently silly “Shakespeare Authorship Controversy” and turns it into a fast-paced page-turning detective story. All the nooks and crannies of rival candidates and claims are traversed in interesting locations and often funny encounters. The SAC has got under the Shakespeare-loving and teaching David Young’s skin and he has turned this irritant into a pleasure to read and from which there is much to learn.

Connect with D. Lawrence – Young

 http://dly-books.weebly.com/

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4575990.David_Lawrence_Young

It is winter 1539. King Henry VIII is galloping through the night to Rochester to meet a young woman. Just arrived in England from Germany, Anne of Cleves is destined to become his fourth wife. He has never met her before. He has only seen her portrait – the portrait of a sweet, demure and innocent young woman. The impatient and lovesick king must see her before their marriage. But this rushed and unplanned rendezvous will shock them and the country both. It will also lead to some completely unexpected and fatal results.

“Anne of Cleves - Henry’s Luckiest Wife” is a well-written, great read! The author, David Lawrence-Young does a fantastic job in telling the tale of Anne of Cleves - one of the notorious King Henry’s many wives.
Set in the early 1500s, the author provides great foreshadowing of things to come in the innocent Anne of Cleves’ life with King Henry. Tension builds as one learns of King Henry’s personality and his ultimate reactions when he becomes displeased. The King sets aside his first wife - abandons her really. His 2nd wife is beheaded and his third wife died after childbirth. In fact, even though his 3rd wife lay dying, King Henry made no attempt to see, nor comfort her. Knowing this, how will life be for the young Anne of Cleves?? She may become queen, - but for how long, and will she survive? Furthermore, if the King is displeased with Anne - then what does life hold for the man who arranged the marriage - Chancellor Thomas Cromwell?
Author David Lawrence-Young has done a fabulous job in his narration of the time, the place, and the misadventures of King Henry the 8th, and his time with “Anne of Cleves:- Henry’s Luckiest Wife”.
I was provided this book for free to review. I am a member of Wordpress, Net Galley, Goodreads and Librarything.

Links to buy the book

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/anne-of-cleves-d-lawrence-young/1116116678?ean=2940148477525

http://www.amazon.com/Anne-Cleves-Henrys-Luckiest-

ebook/dp/B00E1UI85O/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1377175334&sr=1-1&keywords=anne+of+cleves+henry%27s+luckiest+wife

Tempted: A Nighshade Novel (The Nightshade Series) by Brenda Tetreault

     She looked like a Goddess and Roman couldn't take his eyes off her. He had to meet this woman. Sabrina was with friends and got separated.  Panic set in. There were so many people. To Roman though, Sabrina was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen and he'd seen a lot of them in his time.  Seeing the panic in her movements, Roman stood and walked over to her. Taking her hand he walked back to his table.  The tension was palpable.  From here, anything can happen!

     Sensual, seductive, erotic! This book is five alarm HOT! The writing is superb and the characters so lovable you'll hate to see the book end.  I read this one twice because it's so damn good! I think the reader will enjoy the many shifters in this book. The variety lends it a real air of believe-ability.  Mrs. Tetreault did a fantastic job of writing this soon to be bestseller. 

     I found no issues.

     I gave this one 5+ cheers out of 5 because it knocked me out and left me wanting more.

Author Showcase: Jamie Haden and her book Spirit Seeker

  Jamie Leigh Haden is the author of Spirit Seeker, a young adult fantasy. Jamie lives and writes near the seashore in North Carolina. She has a Bachelor's degree in philosophy. Jamie is currently working on An Unimagined Life, the sequel to Illuminate-Alive, She Cried.

Connect with Jamie.

https://www.facebook.com/jamielhaden

https://twitter.com/sippingbythesea

http://jamiehaden.com/

Links to buy the book:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/spirit-seeker-jamie-haden/1105027193?ean=2940148776284

http://www.amazon.com/Spirit-Seeker-Talisa-Santiago-ebook/dp/B00FJ6O38K/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380640158&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=spirit+seeker+jamie+haden

Life is strange and difficult for the granddaughter of a shaman. Sixteen-year-old Talisa Santiago was born in the desert underneath the full moon in January-the wolf moon. However, she left the desert with her mother when she was a young girl. She remembers bits and pieces of her past but it isn't until she and her mom move to a remote barrier island off the coast of North Carolina that she feels fate has finally called-secretive and mysterious he stands alone on the edge of the bank.

Her friends tell her to stay away; she hears rumors that he is dangerous. Still, she can't resist. Whether Talisa realizes it or not, she knows a thing or two about boys like Jag Chavez. Fate is funny that way. For the first time in her life, Talisa meets kids just like her-Native Americans who know the ways of the spirit. The closer she gets to Jag, the more she realizes he is hiding a dark secret. He may have the markings of the Thunderbird, but he is named for the powerful Jaguar. Together they embark on a journey that will haunt her forever.



GUEST POST:

Spirit Seeker – Mini Excerpt

They are flesh eaters.

They elegantly prowl the earth at dusk, listening to the sounds of creation.

Hungry, they wait for hours to pierce the skull of their prey.

It only takes them a few seconds to reach the brain.

I am now binded to them forever. Haunted by desire.

And willing to do the unthinkable.

For them—I give my blood.

For my lover—I give my soul.

A Deeper Cut by Sheri Wren Haymore

        Spending the summer at his grandmother's, Hunter was looking forward to just having some fun. It was his last summer as a college student before his career began and he had a new girlfriend. Miki had accompanied Hunter to the small, picturesque tourist town where his grandmother lived.  She too would be starting her career soon and looked forward to the distraction. Neither expected the horror that began to take place not long after they arrived.  Both Hunter and Miki were dealing with other issues besides the upcoming move into adulthood. Now it seemed as though their world was ending.  If only they can survive this summer.

     AMAZING! Well crafted! Deeply defined characters! FABULOUS! Those are just a few things to say about this book.  Ms Haymore has continued on her journey of magnificent writing.  You'll enjoy the mystery and intrigue of this book!  It starts out a little slowly but builds in a way that will catch you off guard.  One of my favorite parts of the book is the simple goodbye at the end. It's powerful and breathtaking.  GET this book! I am a fan for life of Sheri Wren Haymore!!

     I found no issues.

     I gave this one 5+ cheers out of 5 because this book will stay with you long after you finish.