I think the questions for books we have done as a group on 4MA might be good to look over too. The mods there seem to have such a good insight into what to ask. I still panic at the idea of doing a minor review on Amazon!
I'm really glad to hear you turned the corner. It's been such a process, and sometimes the reality comes in waves, you know what I mean? You think it's better and then it hits you again.
I *think* you'll be okay, given what you've said, but I won't give you any spoilers. Main thing is, I'm very glad to hear you like the characters. It's always a trick introducing a new series and because of the nature of the story there's no sit-down-have-tea-talk-about-feelings time that would be realistic in the beginning. I will be very interested to hear your overall impressions about how they develop as you continue.
And thanks again for doing those questions for the first book. Kevin put them on my website, I think.
Thanks. Yup - we turned a corner yesterday and the world tilted back to something more normal. Not that it won't have its moments but it is okay now and getting better so that is all to the good.
I do very much like your style. I like your characters too. I have a really hard time with kid stuff - am one of the ones who could not get past the first part of Field of Blood at all and gave up on Dead Run too even though the kid stuff was only at the very beginning. To be honest, that bothers me more than your story does - the kid was built up as a person and then killed off and it was not necessary to the story. That did me in. I am a bit better when there is a reason to include it if that makes any sense.
Okay so he printed the first hundred pages - only it crapped out at 61 so he has to try again. I read those and am suitably impressed other than the subject matter which I am ONLY reading because I like you (I am one of the no kids allowed ones). We will print the rest hopefully tomorrow and I can see how it all goes - I do like your style very much.
Finally got a cartridge for the printer, now I just have to get Colin to make it go. I am useless with this stuff (great with playing at making webpages and graphics but useless with printers and scanners - go figure)
Let me know when you have time to write it --- I am sure I can be a great help. Might want to list it as comedy though (somehow I don't think anyone would take my very sincere ideas very seriously)
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I *think* you'll be okay, given what you've said, but I won't give you any spoilers. Main thing is, I'm very glad to hear you like the characters. It's always a trick introducing a new series and because of the nature of the story there's no sit-down-have-tea-talk-about-feelings time that would be realistic in the beginning. I will be very interested to hear your overall impressions about how they develop as you continue.
And thanks again for doing those questions for the first book. Kevin put them on my website, I think.
I do very much like your style. I like your characters too. I have a really hard time with kid stuff - am one of the ones who could not get past the first part of Field of Blood at all and gave up on Dead Run too even though the kid stuff was only at the very beginning. To be honest, that bothers me more than your story does - the kid was built up as a person and then killed off and it was not necessary to the story. That did me in. I am a bit better when there is a reason to include it if that makes any sense.
Hope things are going okay.
Finally got a cartridge for the printer, now I just have to get Colin to make it go. I am useless with this stuff (great with playing at making webpages and graphics but useless with printers and scanners - go figure)
You have to consider the source. I did, after all, call him Push Daddy.
I think you'll fit right in here Tony!
Lynne, okay, hair-pulling is definitely criteria!
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