05.01.2010 (international date)

- today and yesterday i worked on shareyourpeace.info - i am still dealing with a troll but 'i will not feed the trolls'. - from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into an emotional response^[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.^[2] - as my 20 year old daughter wrote to me "It's really a shame that there are rude and mean-spirited people out there, but that's the way the world is." a reminder of a lesson that i learned about the first time when i was her age. - i've tagged 'kevin my military man' to give further hints about the 'subject matter' that fills out the story - some things that are not referred to within the description nor the shanekaelle.com website: 'military career path', 'military education', 'chat on-line', 'chess', 'college life', 'dedicated man', 'football', 'language acquisition', 'letter writing', 'nutrition', 'ocean dead zones', 'shakespeare', 'tell kids the truth', 'true romance'. - although some very efficient and conscientious amazon employees have seen to it that the inappropriate and dangerous remarks were removed, the tags still reside on the paperback bookpage. - the following is 'not' 'feeding the trolls' but 'information' - it is too bad that amazon does 'not' verify that an individual has actually made a purchase of a book and does not autocheck time stamps to verify that a reasonable amount of time has passed before 'customer reviews' are posted. these individuals absolutely did 'not' purchase nor did they read the book. i have the amazon seller report. they lashed out in anger because i innocently responded within discussions and suggested my own story (as i noticed other authors were doing), when it seemed applicable to the question at hand. example(paraphrased): looking for an author without the 'alpha male'; want to read a book with romance but not with suspense; something totally different needed; guy realizes they are in love first etc.etc. i was unaware that this is outside of the community guidelines and subsequently sent amazon an apology. - there are 2000+ running discussions within the 'romance' community alone. - my book is really 'contemporary fiction' but the title sounds romantic. - 'kevin my military man' might have been entitled 'kevin military man' what then ? - it also does not make any sense to me from a financial standpoint. createspace is an amazon company and facilitates self-publishing. why not use these forums - within reason - to get the word out about our books. if our books sell, amazon makes 'most all' of the money. this question has been posed within the 'email contact amazon method' and is still pending. see 'why self-publish' on shanekaelle.com for the reasons - references - why i chose to self-publish. - it is interesting to watch 'kevin my military man' show up on websites. - thank you to the distributors who have included my isbn - thank you to any individual or group who has taken the time to link my book up. - thank you to the these people: k, j, b, p and b, e, d, d, v, m, t, j, t, k, g, k, r, who have copies of my book and who may or may not find it of interest, who may or may not give it to someone who might, and who may or may not provide real descriptive feedback. it it will take a bit of time though. the book is long. i wanted to make certain that if one went out on a limb with a bit of faith and took a chance in reading my book that they felt it was worth it. that they didn't read it in 2 days. how long does it take a person to read a 588 page book during the busiest time of the year, if they are working, taking care of a home or a family, in school, etc. etc. ?
-if a person likes ncis, the unit, (i will think of the other references) i believe that they will like 'kevin my military man'.
- that is it for today.