WTF: Kindle Removed Ratings, Why?

 

Two months ago, I received an email from KDP claiming that they supposedly detected accounts attempting to manipulate Kindle services by simulating reading or borrowing activity on my titles. So now here we are, they removed the 5-star ratings that a ‘verified’ buyer posted on some of my books! 

In the Company of Elves, Chandra’s Quest, (book 1) & Secret Diary of a Gypsy Heart ARE NOT affected but the others were. As far as I’m concerned, a verified buyer is a verified buyer! If they purchased the book & rated it, it's valid. What's the problem?

 The problem is that when there is toxic jealousy involved, the person who is hating on you will do anything to hurt your chances of feeling impowered and happy over small or great accomplishments. They do things underhandly, and the worst part is that they will never admit that they’re jealous of you, even if you confront them. They will deny it big time. Now, I don’t know why KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) knocked off some of my 5-star ratings on some of my books, but I feel it is unfair and unjust. You’re wondering how one person can cause such a mess, well they can especially if that person complains and sends a red flag on you even though you have no idea what happened and you’re innocent. It's happened in the past to me but under different circumstances, not about my books.

Sure, KDP claims that there was an account trying to manipulate KDP services by simulating reading or borrowing my books, but I think it’s Bullshit. Chandra’s Quest, In the Company of Elves and Secret Diary of a Gypsy Heart are not affected, however Gypsy Heart did lose a one 5-star rating, probably because the rate came from the same person who downloaded that book and the others recently. Older rates and reviews are not affected.

 Nevertheless, it is unfair to remove what I feel came from a verified buyer, period! Haters will be Haters and Indie Authors who don’t have haters, are lucky.

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Stranger Things: Paranormal, Supernatural & Unusual Phenomenon Chapter 12 Excerpt

 

Stranger Things: Paranormal, Supernatural & Unusual Phenomenon

Chapter 12 excerpt

Chapter 12: Night Crawlers

What are night crawlers? Where do they come from? Well, the first sighting that I’ve heard of was several years ago, posted online and on YouTube.

*Fresno, California, might not always be the most exciting place in the world, but it has one claim to fame that's out of this world. The Fresno Nightcrawler sightings began back in the 1990s and have only occurred a few times since then. These strange creatures look like pants walking but are only a few feet high and are seen just wandering around. There are only a few eyewitnesses in Fresno,

but the Nightcrawlers do pop up on other surveillance cameras, startling whoever checks the CCTV tapes. Much video footage of cryptids is easily debunked by video analysis, but the weird thing about the Nightcrawlers is that the videos seem to be legit. 

What I think: Yep, I have never seen a Night Crawlers, I would love too though. When I was a kid, my family and I went on vacation trips to different states and national parks. Never once did I see anything unusual but then again, we never ventured outside at night without my parents beside my brother and me. I do remember once when we were camping somewhere at a campground in Arizona in a forested area by a lake, there was an unusual looking deck, like for boats and stuff. What was unusual about it was that the deck was made of wood, kind of old looking, but there were large rocks extending from the lake’s floor upward, close to the deck where you can just step on them and continue walking on them until you reached the edge and can look out to the lake. One day as I was at the edge, I peered downward to see how far the large rocks go. The water was semi clear and as I strained to look down, I saw two large snails making their way up alongside of the rocks! One was as big as a basketball the other a bit smaller. My eyes shot open. I have never seen anything like it before, so I quickly ran back to the campsite. No, I did not tell my parents. I found the large snails unusual, and I was scared. But of course, this has nothing to do with the Night Crawlers so let’s continue. Many people have seen Night Crawlers. Native Americans have encountered them.

*According to tribe members that live near Fresno, the Nightcrawlers are beings that have pretty much always lived on earth, even before human beings got there. According to these myths, the Nightcrawlers have long legs that allow them to move through difficult or boggy landscapes because they are swamp-world beings.

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Secret Diary of a Gypsy Heart Chapter 1 Excerpt

 

Secret Diary of a Gypsy Heart Chapter 1 Excerpt

Chapter 1: Serena

If you are reading this, then I am deceased. My name is Serena Raye Sanchez, and I wrote this diary when I was in my mid-50’s and at that time, my hair was graying, and my body was showing its age. In my younger years, I was attractive, and my hair was light brown in color or burgundy, it depends on what color of hair dye I used. I do not remember what my real hair color is, but I know I’m not a blonde. I had always been slim with brownish green eyes. I inherited my eye color from my mother. My mother, Maria, was Irish/Mexican and my

dad Scott, was Caucasian. I have a younger sister name Caroline, and she is also married and has two children. When I wrote this Diary, both of my parents are deceased. May God rest their souls. They died during the global pandemic of 2020. My dad died a few months after my mother.

  I have three children, all daughters. My oldest daughter’s name is Sarah, my second daughter’s name is Salem and my youngest is Shari.

Yes, they all have names that start with the letter as my name. Before I continue, I want to clarify that this diary is all about the affairs, infatuations, and relationships I engaged in throughout of my lifetime.

  You can take this diary as a confession of sorts, although I doubt, I would ever be forgiven by certain people if they ever read this. I am dead, and it doesn’t hurt me, however it might hurt those who will discover my secret.

Despite of everything, I am and always will remain the person people knew and loved regardless of my flaws. No one’s perfect and not

everyone walks the righteous path so I do have Haters that will always judge but that doesn’t matter, not anymore.  There was a time when I believed everyone has a soulmate, a spiritual twin, somewhere out there.

 Finding him or her may take a person a Lifetime but people do find each other, some do. When I was much younger, single, I used to watch soap operas and loved them. I always wondered if I would ever find my Knight, my Angel, my Soulmate.

 Before I get ahead of myself, I must talk about my first crush. This will not justify my actions later in Life, but I suppose it sheds some light on the kind of person I once was.

   Let me see, where do I start, ah yes, with my first crush. I was in high school, and a boy named Alex Romero, was my first big crush. He was somewhat popular in certain circles.

   He had dark brown hair, light brown eyes, clear skin and was about five foot five at the time. Of course, he grew taller as the years progressed. He was perfect or so I thought. I, on the other hand, had preteen chunk on my back side (junk in the

trunk), as I defined it back in the day, and I had low self-esteem, putting all that together with being shy, well those years were my awkward years. 

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Life of a Dasher Excerpt Chapter 1

 

Life a Dasher Chapter 1 Excerpt

Chapter 1: Bring it On

 

My name is Mary, a happily married woman with two kids. I work part-time on the weekends as a project manager for an advertising company who hire people of all ages to advertise new homes that are being built by major housing companies. The people I manage stand at the corners of intersections in cities and towns holding up a sign advertising for those new homes. I started out as one of them though but after several years I asked to become a supervisor/project manager so I wouldn’t be standing out there enduring all kinds of weather. It isn’t as easy as some people think. Working as a sign twirler/Human Directional, isn’t an easy job, it has its pros and cons, to be honest, I just never liked putting up with random people who shout out disparaging remarks.

It’s crazy how warped some people are. Most of the time the people that are mean-spirited are probably under 20 years old, however when I worked as a Human Directional, I’ve noticed, that there have been adults who acted like children. When I started my supervisor job, I thought it would be easy and not hectic but on the contrary, I was wrong.

In 2019 the town I live in decided to fine the housing companies for having Sign Twirlers stand at main intersections, waving the signs.

 “It is distracting,” they said. As an area manager/supervisor I had to deal with the backlash. This whole thing made it hard for the company to place the sign twirlers at the appropriate corners for more exposure. It was December 2019, most of the housing companies started closing their doors due to rumors about an overseas virus that threatens to come to America and just like that I was out of a job. That extra income helped, now what?

This is an excerpt from Life of a Dasher, you can download the book through Kindle unlimited. Please rate & review. Thank you.

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