Rebelious rules by Kristina Gallo

When I was 16, I started to write in my notebook. My friend shared my passion so she joined me to write together. The story was about relationships, school days, jealousy and adulting. We were writing together few years. After we wrote four books together, we parted ways. These books were never published. Old notebooks collected dust in the bottom of the drawer. One day I was cleaning my closet and found the manuscript with two different handwriting styles. Yellow pages, letters written with a pencil. It was like a ghost visited me. Looking like a tourist who visited a cave, I felt strange.  I lived in the age without technology. I was born in the time without cell phones and Internet. Co-writing was the way of spending time, because I was not skilled in sport games. I was not socialized.  Comparing these two styles of writing, I see mine was very different. One of my peers asked me then:"Why don't you write alone?" Many years after I found an article in Internet portal, ...

Some of my books are based on my real experiences. "I will kill you in my dream", "The guy from another league", "Seduced by illusions" and "The Seller of Sins" are inspired by real events.  Those were times when I felt betrayed and down. I was alone with my keyboard. Writing about this traumas helped me to recover.  I was using some real elements to bring message to readers how to avoid similar experiences. I made a structure to create a plot and not hurt anyone. These elements were: Names of characters are changed. Ex boyfriends, ex friends are described but names are fictional.  Names of places are changed.  Actions are described with different details, adjusted to genre.  Villains have characteristics of people I don't like in real life. There is a sentence which annoyed me. "Are you writing about me?" Some random people asked me that like they are important to me. They were not. Shaping my characters, I described people who fas...

Some misunderstanding about my books are in word count. My books are approximately 20 000 until 30 000 word count. Some readers marked is as short story, which is not true. Short story is 1000 or more word count. Novelette is under 17000 word count. A novel is over 18.000 word count. The paradox in reading is when readers talk about short books, but when I write sequel, it doesn't get reviews. The point of book is not only in the lenght. I can write a story about 50 000 word count and make useless details and descriptions. I don't like to read slow burn books, neither I like to write in such style.  If I write a story about a woman who likes to kill, I will focus at her actions. I  don't need details about her clothing, a backside story and her family.  Sometimes when I read stories I wondered where some characters went. Until I wait the plot moves forward, I wonder what happened with a rest of the story.  In my books, I want everything looks logical. Readers must fi...

  If you are fan of audio books, The random patient is available on Amazon and Audible. A medical fiction plots around Erasemed, an experimental cure for deleting bad memories. Side effects are unknown. The cure became a tool for a personal revenge. The blurb: Life coach Travis Saunders leads a workshop promoting a new tool for controlling memory. Blue pills named Erasemed are produced by the pharmaceutical company Sofycline. Greg Parker, an ambitious civil officer, takes a job with Sofycline, on the recommendation of his future father-in-law. After discovering some suspicious documents, he vows to learn more about the sinister secrets of the pharmaceutical business. Meanwhile, three British female tourists are on vacation in Makarska, Croatia. Each of these women has problems: Rebecca is going through a breakup, Kate is being bullied, and Lisa's ex-boyfriend did not handle a breakup well. He is stalking her and plotting revenge. After the women meet Travis Saunders, a series of un...

  Amazon is deleting verified reviews, so I introduce it here. While their algorithms tolerate AI reviews, they remove reviews by real readers. Everyone who buys a book has right to write the review.  An opposite, someone who did not read a book  has no right to rate it or review it.  Amazon has a problem when author write reviews for other author, but many authors are readers too. Why we could not read other's work? Goodreads allows people who never read books to rate it, which damages authors. Impersonating indie authors became a tool for revenge. You want to make someone feeling down? Spit on his book.  Allowing trolls to express their opinions is a kind of virtual inquisition and it should not be allowed. Don't make a censorship for creators, make it for trolls. When Amazon deletes reviews, it does always with 5 or 4 stars. It never does with 1 star reviews. Ratings without explanations are not critics, this is trolling focused to ruin author's book.  S...

I understand someone can be disappointed with a book. It is like I was disapointed with my trousers online and returned it. What makes a difference, my trousers were 40 euros. The book was 2.49 cents. This makes return funny, because what can you do with this money? Some readers don't understand story behind the refund. The author will get minus royalties. - 0.13 c in my Kindle report, that will vanish when someone else buy the book. The situation happens. Someone accidentaly clicked and bought a book. A random customer wants a refund. Maybe it was not a random move. Maybe the customer clicked, bought and did not like the book. When you don't like the book choose another options, instead of damaging authors. Write a negative review. Write negative one star rating. Don't purchase another books from this author. Or, maybe to reconsider and read it, again? If you write negative reviews or rate it with 1 or 2 stars, you are making a favor to authors. You are moving algorithms i...