Mixed Reviews

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I could have written a good book about the nine years to date that I have battled Mesothelioma, but I thought maybe a good fiction novel would be a way to bring in funds for a much needed cause. We need funds to find a cure for this cancer that leaves no one standing.

Each of The Dreamweaver's Choice is donated to the Charity of MFMRF, I have taken nothing, paid for all printing and artwork costs myself. I do hope that in time many books will be sold and if possible the charity will keep receiving funds from the sales long after I have gone.

I just need you the public to get behind this book and buy it for young family members. Yes it has vampires, not many nasty ones but enough to give the book a story of good vs bad. There's a Newfoundland Dog, a paranormal police woman, a ghost and a couple of really good looking guys. What is there not to like?

It isn't a horror with lots of killing but a good story where good outwits evil, a good read along the way with some interesting twists.

Please get behind us and support the charity, at the same time you may even enjoy the read.

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Mixed Reviews

When I started The DreamWeaver's Choice I sent the first 6 or 8 chapters to Liz to see what she thought, she was the one who encouraged me to carry on and waiting daily for the next chapter to arrive. Once I had completed the whole manuscript we then proof read and I changed the corrections, added a few bits in then passed it around to a couple of my friends and she a couple of hers. The feed back was really good but I listened to one that said I needed to explain more up front about who the characters were.

I adjusted the first six chapters taking the mystery away from what the characters and allowing them to grow slowly instead I gave full descriptions up front making Chapters 1 to 3 quite full on and all suspense dissipated

From the feed back I have received todate it seems I should have left things stand, but being naïve and my first ever full 140,000 word manuscript thought someone with a degree would be right.

Nearly everyone I know has struggled with the opening chapters but once through have found the book a good read.

I wish when I had changed the opening chapters I had sent it back out for readings and opinions but I can't do anything about it now.

So if you are reading the book and would like to make a comment please feel free to do so, feed back is what every one wants when they first start out on a new journey. It may also help or put off some one else from reading it.

As per The Vial of Darkness, because you know the characters this should be an easy read, one review so far on the draft is Explosive.

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From being a child I have always wanted to write a book, finding something to write about is a challenge and then making it interesting is the crux of the whole thing.

On one May day I sat down and typed, three weeks later my first draft was done, having taking months of proof reading and correcting, not to mention adding bits in and taking bits out, my main manuscript is ready.

Having sent it off to a few agents and had refusals I have decided to try and do it myself on Kindle.

Each book sale will add money to a pot for research to help people like me with a terminal cancer called Mesothelioma.

I will post a couple of paragraphs from the book every couple of days and hopefully will get some feed back.