tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post4581533578186680966..comments2024-03-28T09:00:44.576-04:00Comments on YA Authors You've Never Heard Of: EgobooglingChristine Norrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657651210128892443noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-25967596035037977522011-07-07T07:58:23.831-04:002011-07-07T07:58:23.831-04:00Since I have made a couple of movies as well as a ...Since I have made a couple of movies as well as a novel I get a decent amount of hits when I Egoboogle. But I once found something that brought me right down to Earth again. My novel MILKY WAY MARMALADE has received many rave reviews and I loved finding new ones that raved about how witty and hilarious my book is. However, on one blog a woman summed by pride and joy up like this "IT SUCKED LIKE A HOOVER".<br /><br />SO much for EgoBoogling!<br /><br />: )Michael DiCertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03404444086522846219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-17879418055303419382011-07-05T12:54:23.737-04:002011-07-05T12:54:23.737-04:00Yeah, Kim, I totally get it! There are times when ...Yeah, Kim, I totally get it! There are times when it would be less unsettling to think that you're unique. Especially since one of these people is actually related? Did I get that straight?<br /><br />Speaking of which:<br />I don't know if you've ever heard of Charles Williams. He was the lesser-known member of Oxford's "Inklings", like C.S.Lewis, & J.R.R. Tolkien.<br />He died in the mid-1940's which may be just as well since he never had to deal with alter-egos on the web. That way, he never knew that he has a very busy namesake here in the U.S. with an extended criminal career. I search for the British Charles Williams on a semi-regular basis, because he's a favorite author. It's very frustrating to find new results that are only for the jail-bird.SherryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964221770863733221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-30720553680310260722011-07-05T12:45:52.850-04:002011-07-05T12:45:52.850-04:00Hi, Brandon!
You sound like Xanthorpe, in forgetti...Hi, Brandon!<br />You sound like Xanthorpe, in forgetting that you have writing posted on the web. Gotta tell ya, I'd never forget that. :) <br /><br />If you truly want to take time to look for alter-egos, may I suggest using just your very unique last name alone. You may only get results from your family--the way Joe Straczynski claims. On the other hand, you might find out you or someone in your family is a tennis pro from the 30's or a former prime minister of Italy.SherryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964221770863733221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-66809709620034995932011-07-05T12:37:45.498-04:002011-07-05T12:37:45.498-04:00Hi, Beverly!
Yes, I get a kick out of it, especial...Hi, Beverly!<br />Yes, I get a kick out of it, especially when I come up with somebody new. It's at moments like that, that I'm glad I don't have an extremely common name swamping the search engine, but rather a semi-common name that lends itself to fun & also to efficient egoboogling. <br /><br />On the other hand and much more serious--in my guise as an author--it must be pleasant to cut right to the chase by being a Caprice or Kat.SherryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964221770863733221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-6234893669240242572011-07-05T12:32:53.899-04:002011-07-05T12:32:53.899-04:00JL, you're a smart lady for succumbing so rare...JL, you're a smart lady for succumbing so rarely! Keep on writing, oh focused one!SherryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964221770863733221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-14199312725367066652011-07-05T12:30:22.340-04:002011-07-05T12:30:22.340-04:00Hi, Rick! "I can see where the "R L"...Hi, Rick! "I can see where the "R L" would help! <br /><br />I have a Google alert set up for my name too. <br />It rarely brings in anything related to me. <br />I used to have similar alerts for "Seabird" and "Earthbow", however, they dragged in mostly studies of actual seabirds and/or advertised sales for a boat. Or with Earthbow, references to Native American religion and various semi-occult traditions, at "Torrent" which I suspect is a copyright-defying site. All pretty far afield.SherryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964221770863733221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-88030760172605535612011-07-05T12:23:54.477-04:002011-07-05T12:23:54.477-04:00Hi, Xanthorpe!
My, you do have some classy alter-e...Hi, Xanthorpe!<br />My, you do have some classy alter-egos. As far as your writing credit, have you searched for it? I'm sure it will come up! Maybe you need to look under the title...<br /><br />http://www.twilighttimes.com/apr03/m_Dunne20.html<br /><br />It's a terrific story! Have you ever considered offering this on Amazon as a Kindle short?SherryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964221770863733221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-76121709564325206352011-07-05T12:15:53.191-04:002011-07-05T12:15:53.191-04:00I'm glad you enjoyed this, Kat!
Yes, you'...I'm glad you enjoyed this, Kat! <br /><br />Yes, you're virtually as unique as Caprice, so the Google alter-ego situation is different for you!<br />How about that! More famous than a whole town and river! Pretty cool!<br /><br />Speaking of people with unusual handles, have you ever heard of Joe Straczynski, the creator of "Babylon 5", author of "Othersyde" and "Midnight Nation", etc? He said once in a presentation that if you found anyone named "Straczynski" you could safely take it that they were a relative of his, there's so few of that name floating around.SherryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964221770863733221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-11733156799559448662011-07-05T12:08:38.660-04:002011-07-05T12:08:38.660-04:00Hi, Caprice!
You are fortunate to have such a uniq...Hi, Caprice!<br />You are fortunate to have such a unique name especially when it comes to friends & potential readers looking for you. <br /><br />However I wouldn't assume that anyone who can't find you w/ Google either never tried or is lying. The author I mentioned in this entry is dyslexic as is her daughter. It can be "fun" trying to decipher words in their emails. If others like them key in your name wrong, they might not find you!<br /><br />You wrote in part: But I never found Googling myself that much fun....it does nothing for my ego to find all the tons of blathering out there, none of which seems to produce any "results", like increased sales. <br /><br />Oh, I admit that just finding my name or book titles on Google does nothing for sales! However I get frustrated because I sell so few of books & can't get around to promote in order to sell more. Egoboogling helps me feel a little less depressed & frustrated as an author--on occasions when I find a new entry. <br /><br />This frustration is also one of the reasons that I joined the blogging team here at "Young Adult Authors You've Never Heard Of." I'm in a place where I'm not the only one.SherryThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02964221770863733221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-88545828670651840352011-07-04T22:51:54.889-04:002011-07-04T22:51:54.889-04:00I found something scary(or my sister did) when we ...I found something scary(or my sister did) when we Goggled my name. Baccellia is a very unique last name and less than 100 households in the US have it.<br /><br />Well so we thought.<br /><br />Sister freaked out and emailed me that there was another Kim Baccellia on FB. This girl is African American, gorgeous, and no, not me. <br /><br />Come to find out her father in law is my grandfather's brother. Also found some Baccellias in Arizona that let's just say could be poster people for what NOT to do.<br /><br />And I thought I was unique.<br /><br />Kim BaccelliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-88303238935993117562011-07-04T20:37:54.539-04:002011-07-04T20:37:54.539-04:00Fun post, Sherry! Of course now I tried it myself....Fun post, Sherry! Of course now I tried it myself. If you search for my first and last name with quotes, it appears I'm pretty much the only one with my name out there -- at least that the internet is aware of! I found mentions of my involvement with our one church program, a few old things from college, a facebook page... and one piece of writing I did in college that I keep forgetting is out there!<br /><br />Thanks for the post!BrandonZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-90903278909159157982011-07-04T20:24:28.012-04:002011-07-04T20:24:28.012-04:00LOL! Thanks for the laugh. It is fun to see how ma...LOL! Thanks for the laugh. It is fun to see how many of you there is and what the others are like.Beverly Stowe McClurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176195451841801819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-57607833721484236432011-07-04T20:01:35.047-04:002011-07-04T20:01:35.047-04:00Do this on occasion especially when I'm lookin...Do this on occasion especially when I'm looking for old reviews and things like that. Most of the time I think about doing it but the story of the moment takes me away from this activity.Janet Lane Waltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488093917556546485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-57732379251752252942011-07-04T10:35:39.686-04:002011-07-04T10:35:39.686-04:00I've done this many times. I even have alerts ...I've done this many times. I even have alerts set for all my books and my name, so I don't miss a thing. And my by-line is unique enough I don't get much alternate notes.<br /><br />But I usually am interested in finding out if there are any reviews of my stuff out there that I've missed. As a matter of fact, I've not received many alerts lately. Either something's wrong with my Google alerts, or I've become very forgotten.<br /><br />Good post, Sherry. :)R. L. Copplehttp://blog.rlcopple.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-50847119982248976382011-07-04T10:32:33.078-04:002011-07-04T10:32:33.078-04:00I loved this post. I don't have enough work in...I loved this post. I don't have enough work in the public domain to show up amongst the wheat but I still peek every once and a while - mostly just to make sure there's nothing embarrassing out there I should know about.<br /><br />My alter-egos include a VP of marketing research, a former baseball player, and a PhD on staff at Washington University hospital. And one gentlemen who had my exact name (first middle last) - and even went by my normal abridged moniker - was a newspaper reporter, author and professor in Baton Rouge, LA. Unfortunately he passed away in 2007 so I can't Google his email address and get some pointers on jump-starting my writing career.<br /><br />Alas, even after quickly browsing 25 Google pages of search results, my lone published work did not show up. But the truth is out there...I've seen it.<br /><br />XXanthorpehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607212106936329296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-35098581210801753612011-07-04T09:34:46.468-04:002011-07-04T09:34:46.468-04:00Love. It. This is hilarious, Sherry! So many alter...Love. It. This is hilarious, Sherry! So many alter-egos.....<br /><br />I'm in there with Caprice, though. Seems I'm the singular Kat Heckenbach on the planet--at least the only one listed anywhere online. <br /><br />Kinda funny story--there is a Heckenbach town and a Heckenbach riv--um, creek :P--in Germany. Grace Bridges, my used-to-live-in-Germany Kiwi friend, was trying to help me find some stuff about the town on Google...and everything kept turning up ME. How's that for egoboogling? Finding out you're more web-present than a whole town! Heehee.....<br /><br />Anyway, thanks, Sherry! Awesome post!Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874501477620914375.post-44145257977435612112011-07-04T02:38:22.692-04:002011-07-04T02:38:22.692-04:00Not another Caprice Hokstad on the planet that I k...Not another Caprice Hokstad on the planet that I know of. If I ever meet any old friend who says they tried to look me up but couldn't find me? I KNOW they must be lying or have never used a search engine, because it is impossible to type in my name and NOT find me. I get fifteen pages of stuff I put out there: my web pages, my blog, my social networks, my author hangout sites, my activity on Shelfari and Goodreads, blog interviews I have answered (usually because my publisher thinks it's a good idea), stuff like this, where I commented on someone else's blog, etc.<br /><br />But I never found Googling myself that much fun. Seriously, I have the perfect search parameters, but it does nothing for my ego to find all the tons of blathering out there, none of which seems to produce any "results", like increased sales.Caprice Hokstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10625997639466258510noreply@blogger.com