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Joined: 4/27/2011
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Good morning/afternoon/night fellow citizens of Book Country!
I've created this thread to begin a weekly Solomon Pierce following. This is probably a bit out of the ordinary, but I think it's for the best. I've had my story - Solomon Pierce - up for a long while and I've received several reviews (which I appreciate a great deal). However, I've found that reviews tend to focus on the first few chapters of the story.
From this point forward, I will put up six and only six chapters every week (this means that chapters will be removed every week). I'm hoping this will help target reviews a bit better. Fortunately, I tend to write very short chapters (i.e. reading six chapters of Solomon Pierce doesn't take very long at all) so it isn't difficult for me to crank out six chapters a week (when I'm productive).
This week begins the first week. The first six chapters are up and ready, but most have already reviewed those. Next week, I'll upload chapters 7-12.
If you'd like to weigh in on this approach, feel free. Might work wonderfully, might be a disaster. Only time will tell!
If you like the story or want to give it a shot, join the discussion!
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Joined: 2/27/2011
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You can also leave the first six chapters up and add additional chapters every week marked as "new drafts" so previous reviewers can continue to review them. I know that as a reader, I probably won't start critiquing something if I have to start in the middle. Why cut your potential readers in half?
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Joined: 3/16/2011
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That's the downside of having a WIP longer than a few chapters, a lot of people aren't going to want to sit down and read the whole book.
Colleen is right that a lot of people aren't going to want to start at a mid-point.
If you want more attention to the later chapters, why not just ask? Write in the author's note that you would really appreciate feedback on chapters 6-12. Most of the Book Country reviewers genuinely want to help and if they know what you want feedback on, you'll get it.
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Joined: 4/27/2011
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Thank you Colleen (unless you'd prefer Ms. Lindsay) and... er... Ivoidwarrenties. Colleen, great point. Picking up readers at the half-way point is pretty much impossible. Ivoidwarrenties, great suggestion. I'll play around with the author's note in the future.
I'll still continue with the weekly following, though, in all likelihood, I won't erase previous chapters. Hopefully, giving followers something to expect *every* week at about the same time will help the process out in some way.
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Joined: 3/16/2011
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Ivoidwarrenties is the name I go by whenever I join a beta. I never expected to actually stick around long enough to regret it. 
Another thing I would do is comment on reviews and point the reviewers to changes you made based on their suggestions. This might get you another read/review/feedback because people like to see results of their review manifest. I have a few people who have reviewed Bon Voyage more than once after doing that.
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Joined: 2/27/2011
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I prefer Your Highness or Empress Colleen, but "Hey, fat chick who opens the cat food cans!" is what I'm generally called around my apartment. =)
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Joined: 4/27/2011
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So our choices of honorifics for you are either (a) Rotund Tuna-spattered Cat Food Dispenser or (b) Most Glorious Sister of Heaven: High & Holy Incandescent Light of the Eternal Goddess: Golden Empress of the 1000 Realms.
PS. That second option might take a little practice before it trips off the tongue. . . .
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Joined: 3/16/2011
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I'm leaning towards Her Royal Highness (HRH) Colleen, Queen of Quirky, Duchess of Canned Cat Food. Bow before her or she shall smith you with the Hammer of Banning.
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Heh! She's going to kill us. . . .
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Joined: 3/16/2011
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Smith? I meant Smite. Bloody auto correct.
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And I meant to write: ". . . before it trips dulcetly off the tongue."
My god, we're obsessively re-writing and typo-correcting tossed-off comical quips in near real-time.
Writers—a different tribe. . . .
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Joined: 2/27/2011
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Am kinda digging (a) Rotund Tuna-spattered Cat Food Dispenser - LOL!
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Joined: 4/27/2011
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Heh! You're a good sport, Colleen!
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