Archive for October, 2019
Received a second 5-Star Rating
I awoke this morning to a very pleasant surprise. ‘Revelations’ of Evil has received a 5-star rating from Reader’s Favorite. The link their mini-review wasn’t present this time so I used Microsoft’s Snipping Tool to get a copy of the review. If the link does reappear, I’ll add it to my website.
With two 5-stars reviews under my belt, I need to get the books posted at Amazon.com. However, Amazon does allow free stories. That means I’ll have to price both ‘An Unexpected Evil’ and ‘Revelations of Evil’. Their prices will be $.99.
The good news is that I won’t do this until I publish my novella ‘Kelly’s Curse’ at Amazon (sometime before the end of this year). This will allow me to have three stories published at Amazon all at once. The second advantage is that my two reviews will be published at Amazon also, giving me more exposure to a very, very wide audience.
If you haven’t downloaded either story, you still have plenty of time to download them for free. I would greatly appreciate your review after you’ve finished reading them. It’s your honest feedback that let’s me know what I’m doing right, and more importantly, what I’m doing wrong.
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I’ve been missing you!
Hello Everybody! Unfortunately, I’ve had to really slow down on my writing because of increased job responsibilities. I can’t wait until I can write full-time!
In the meantime, I’m done with my final edits for my next novella, Kelly’s Curse. Within the next month, I’ll send it off to my editor. Her input from last time was an eye-opener. She enjoyed the story but told me my ending wasn’t there. I thought it was until she asked, ‘What happened to the main character?’ Once I re-read it, she was absolutely right. The last sentence ended with his mother. In fact, the point-of-view character ended on his mother, not him.
I’d made a cardinal sin in fiction writing — breaking the promise I made to the reader. (Such a no-no!)
It didn’t take long for me to come up with a satisfying finish the story. I’ll find out what my editor thinks when I send it to her.
On a different note, I have a few short stories and flash fiction pieces that I’ve posted in a couple of my forums. I will create a new tab and start posting a few of those stories here. They’re based on writing prompts from those forums. Most are daily prompts, and I’ve won my share. Some are better than others, but overall, they give me various ways to develop my characters and their situations.
Stay tuned!
P.S. I just found another ‘big OOPS’ while adding my new menu item. The link to ‘Revelations of Evil’ on my My Home Page still pointed to ‘An Unexpected Evil’. This has been corrected.
