Please review me...

At a recent party a friend was praising a couple of books that I wrote - I stepped to the side and asked her if she would be kind enough to post a review. She looked genuinely concerned and said "I wouldn't know what to write". 

It's easy, if you can tell me one (or more) things you liked (or even disliked) about the book, you can write a great review. You don't have to be a professional book reviewer and you can post the review simultaneously on multiple sites.

You would be doing this author and all authors an incredible favor. Potential readers look for books that people want to read and seeing lots of reviews says to them that the book is worthy of their time.

So please, I know several of you out there have read at least one of my books - please help me by posting a review on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Goodreads, YOUR Facebook page, Smashwords, KOBO, iTunes or send it to me for the Potpourri Parlor.
Thank you!

"a good quality book review is NOT the school-age book report. Your review should be a minimum of five or six sentences up to two or three (small) paragraphs. Don’t prove you read the book by including spoilers (that totally unexpected twist that really made the story). Write what YOU liked (or disliked) about the book; a book should be a personal experience for every reader so keep it personal. Be honest but never brutal; if the book was filled with typos for instance but was still a great story say something like “a few distracting typos took away from an otherwise terrific story”. (Always try to find something positive to say). If you didn’t like the book because it was not your favorite genre then own up to it; despite mostly four and five star reviews, my favorite review I received on one of my books was only two stars — the writer stated she didn’t care for it because my style was too much like Danielle Steel and she doesn’t care for Steel (who happens to be one of my faves). Again, review the book from YOUR perspective, YOUR likes and dislikes, and the impact the book had on YOU. Remember to be gentle but always honest."

Please join the CHELLE’S CREW Street Team

“What is a street team? Simple. It’s a group of your fans and readers, who hit the streets, both online and Main Street USA in brick and mortar stores, to help spread the word about you and your books.” Humphreys, Sara (2013-03-04). Street Team Smarts: An Author’s Guide to Building and Running a Successful Street Team

Suggested Team Activities

•  Talk about my books with friends in person. – Blurbs for each book can be found at Smashwords
• If you read (or have read) any of my books, reviews (honest & hopefully good) would greatly be appreciated (Amazon, GoodReads, blogs, etc). If you publish a review, please send me the URL so I can publicize it.
• Distribute bookmarks and other promo material (supplied) to potential readers; distribute sales sheets to libraries/bookstores with ebook capability.
• Go to  your local library and/or bookstores and offer to moderate a book discussion on any of my novels. (Discussion packets are available) – Let me know if you arrange a book discussion so that I can send you supporting material.
• Online support – join/like my Author Chelle Cordero FaceBook page, like, share and comment on Author Chelle Cordero book-related posts.
• Follow me on Twitter and retweet book related tweets; ditto for Google+
• Visit blogs where I have a guest post and leave comments. Promote these posts via Twitter, Google+ and FaceBook.
• Post a trailer about my books on FaceBook and personal blogs. Include buy links.
• Use book title hashtags on Twitter, on FaceBook, and Google+
• Speak to local bookstores and libraries about stocking books (titles available wholesale to booksellers through Amazon)
• Share ideas how to promote with the rest of the street team.

My street team members have received free short stories and books. SWAG is offered.

Message me on FaceBook or leave a comment HERE to let me know that you are IN.

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Summer Lovin’ Blog Hop! ~ About Friendship

Welcome to the 
Summer Lovin’Blog Hop

We're celebrating love, romance, & falling in love

Prizes! There are Prizes!

Please read through to the end to see how you
can get chances to win valuable prizes!

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The portrayal of a friend

 Writers can’t help allowing some of our ideals sneak into our works. The things that are important to us in our real lives become important to at least some of our characters.

Friendship – what it means and how it impacts our lives – has always been important to me. Quantity has never been an issue, quality is. I believe a friend is more than just someone to pal around with; a friend should be someone you can count on for support, for honesty, and for loyalty. Few things sting as much as betrayal especially when we thought that individual was a true friend. Betrayal by someone we trusted forces us to question our ability to judge people and in turn our capacity to trust.

 Many of my beloved characters have storylines which involve friendships, both good and bad. Paige Andrews in Bartlett’s Rule has a history of betrayal by people she trusted and now must find a way to trust again or lose the love she needs to heal her. In His Lucky Charm Caitlyn Smythe is able to depend on her best friend Keisha to back her up when she is doing everything possible to avoid Brandon Price; the friendship between Caitlyn and Keisha extends to their husbands, Brandon and Malcolm, and even lasts through a second book Within the Law. Another prominent friendship in these two books is the one that develops between Caitlyn’s cousin Tom Hughes and her love Brandon Price; Brandon and Tom back each other up many times in both of these books.

There is a rivalry between the heroine’s best friend Matt Garatti and the man Julie fell in love with, Jake Carlson, in Final Sin, but the two men eventually find an easy rapport and even team up when Julie’s life is threatened. The lack of friends to depend on adds to Annie Furman’s desperation in an abusive marriage until Dave Turner comes along and becomes a true friend which eventually leads to love in Karma Visited; I’m working on a sequel which will follow Annie and Dave’s in their love affair – more on that down the road. In Hostage Heart Ryan Hunter thinks he has a friend in his boss and former lover until Connie Reed tries to come between him and Deanna Blair, yet in the end Connie proves that being a friend was more important to her.

In my personal life I am blessed with a few very close friends, in some cases my friends are related by blood and in some they’ve merely come into my life through some other connection. My best friend is the man that I married. And yes I’ve known people who I thought were friends who disappointed me with disinterest and dishonesty, but even these people came into my life for a reason and that is something I won’t regret. I share that with each of my characters, they’ve all taken something from every relationship and become the “people” they were meant to be.

What does friendship mean to you?

Please comment below - I will pick random commentors for prizes such as: an Audio-book download of Bartlett's Rule; a Smashwords e-book copy of Karma Visited; a Smashwords e-book copy of The Many Faces of Chelle Cordero Short Story collection; and a Smashwords e-book copy of Living, Breathing, Writing: A Lesson a Day Vol. 1.

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