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M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Thank you for the invite, good sir! This is sort of what I had in mind when I started doing my seasonal sci-fi recommendations last fall as it was more for my readers to find something while they waited for my ADHD dino-brain to write something in the meantime. I'm down for any and all of what's on this post. Social proof to a reader is a neigh-impossible from self-promotion, I appreciate that you have opened your publication for others to build that proof.

...also I would die happy if you wrote about something of mine, even if it was a single sentence that said: "don't read this" ;P

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Tom Schecter's avatar

I absolutely love this idea. This falls right in line with the entire point of EIME, too—good deeds, good writing, extra eyeballs.

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M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Is no one else gonna say anything about ‘poop butterflies’? 😝

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

Lol. It's a reference that was built in my article on metalepsis.

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M.P. Fitzgerald's avatar

Hah! I've heard good things about that essay, I need to read that one, I am behind on my pile...

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Pablo Báez's avatar

I like this.

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Suswati Basu's avatar

Hello! Just checking is there a deadline! I have a lot on at the moment with the book and work. So any advice is welcome.

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

No deadline. I'm glad you're interested!

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Mercedes de Santiago's avatar

Hello: thanks for the invite, I am doing that but I don't have a lot of time to read nowadays. I am finishing one book but it's costing me ages. I don't know if I will changing jobs in a few weeks (It's a possibility although not sure yet), but I have to finish my work in my actual post just in case.

I am also going to begin a new category in my Spanish podcast and, once it's established, I want to call Spanish writers to speak about their books, both published and pre-published. Don't know if English-speaking writers would like to be interviewed about theirs, but if I see some interest, that could be a possibility. I am focusing first in Spanish-speaking people though, because there are so very few "programs" of this type and we really need it.

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Zani D's avatar

Have you found your way to Pablo Baez yet? Incredible Fiction writer from Puerto Rico.

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Mercedes de Santiago's avatar

Yes, I have. Thanks for the recommendation!

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Emil Ottoman's avatar

This is a good idea, I like this idea.

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JLG Noga's avatar

You know, these days I'm struggling to find good ideas for my own fiction, but I'm always keeping an eye on what I like to read especially in the fiction spaces here. I'd love to join and hear more about it.

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Tell Me a Mystery's avatar

As always, solid advice!

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Jeremy Harshman's avatar

You earned it!

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Maximilian Siddell's avatar

Thank you for the invite. Sounds like a good idea. I'm in.

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Jessica Frayne's avatar

I like it! Thank you for the mention.

So that I understand clearly.

This would be a post? Reviewstack: X Story by Jane Doe

Then, the idea is to have a separate newsletter or area for our own readers to opt in and out of receiving that post?

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

Everything is good until the opt-in. I'm just doing that for this discussion on growth, so that no one has to participate that doesn't want to.

The reviews don't have that limitation

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Corey Evans's avatar

I really appreciate the invite! This is such a great idea and I plan on participating in this movement as much as possible.

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E.M.R's avatar

🙌🙌🙌🙌 Sounds dope

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Thank you for the shoutout.

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Larry Hogue's avatar

Sounds good. Looks like I have to do this from my desktop.

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

Out of curiosity, what is it not letting you do?

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Larry Hogue's avatar

Takes me to the website rather than the app, then I can’t get to the page with the buttons

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

I think it is a website only thing. You should just be to scroll down the page.

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

It's not part of the app profile, although that looks similar.

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Larry Hogue's avatar

I wasn't logged in on the website from my phone, and then had trouble logging in. But once I got to my desktop, it worked fine. You've really gone crazy with the sections though! You have many more than I realized.

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Thaddeus Thomas's avatar

A long list of sections makes selecting one toward the bottom of the list difficult too.

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