Comments on: when books fail

By: Di Francis

Di Francis — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:09:57 +0000

Some risks don’t pay off, that’s for sure.

You’re from Alabama? Hmmmm. I may be hitting you up for some info for something I’m working on.

By: Di Francis

Di Francis — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:06:56 +0000

Isn’t that annoying? It was typical of older SF works, but it really drives me up a wall.

By: Douglas Meeks

Douglas Meeks — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:08:12 +0000

Well let me list the ways a writer can ensure I do not finish:

Leave your politics at home, this is entertainment

Don’t insult large portions of the populace (had this happen recently by an indie author who books I like but when she suggested that everyone in Alabama was stupid and married their cousins, well that was the end of the book for me) I happen to live in Alabama and we have a higher portion of engineers and scientists than most of the country and the Space & Rocket Center is here because this is where most of the mental work was done, Bottom Line: Do your research.

Make your characters consistent: We all change our minds a bit but major personality changes are a killer (check out what happened at the below link for Shadowflame by Diana Sylvan, worst author betrayal of her readers in my history). Hint: Most popular review is titled “God, I hated this book” that means you have really screwed up.

http://www.amazon.com/Shadowflame-A-Novel-Shadow-World/dp/0441020658/

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:49:00 +0000

That’s such a good way to describe it- “As you know Bobish,” lol. I read a book from a new author that told everything like that through the dialogue (or tried to). She had vampires sitting around saying” Well as you know (Bob), our race began a millennia ago when, blah, blah, blah” As if they would sit around saying that to each other!