Archive for April, 2009
Book Report: Dark Desire by Christine Feehan
April 29th, 2009
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Main Characters: Shea and Jacques
Of the entire Carpathian Series by Miss Feehan, this one would have to be one of my favorites, simply because the hero is much different than the other ones. I’m still not exactly sure how Shea and Jacques ended up in love, but I do know that by the end of the book, I did believe they were good together. It fell short in the ending danger and I expected a slightly bigger bang for everything Jacques had been through. Shea’s actions were a tiny bit unbelievable, not so much because Jacques was using his ability in mind control, but because he’d only been feeding on the blood or rats and bugs. From reading the other novels in her series, I’d have not expected him to have that much power. Conversely, if he did have that much power from rats and bugs, I’d expect that with a real human blood diet, he wouldn’t have ended where he did in full power. Good points about this novel. It’s different from the other ones. The danger at the end was still a vampire, but the twist on it was enough to satisfy me, though it could have been done better to get full dramatic impact. I’d give this novel 3 3/4 stars out of 5. While reading Miss Feehan, it is best to put distance with another author of any genre before continuing on to the next novel as they tend to be formulaic. |
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Fears and A Break
April 26th, 2009
I have been on a mini writing break this past week. I did get a few chapters of Undying Heart written, so I am happy with that. I know I can write a novel in ten days and I can write a short story in four. I don’t have to prove anything in that regard anymore. I have decided to take my writing down to a more human pace. I can’t keep cranking out rough drafts and never finish the editing phase of a project. Once I have Undying Heart safely rough drafted, I am going another break from writing and begin the work on editing Undying Savage. I want that book to be done and I want to start marketing it.
There is a part of writing that I have no idea if I can do or not, but I will find a way. I will have to market my own book. I don’t know how to do that just yet, but I will figure it out. I figure if I get some books on marketing, and I have a few other resources I can use to help with this. I am terrified and excited about this story all at once. I know it can become a bestselling novel, I just have to figure out how to get it there.