A.B. Gayle's Blog, page 14

My First Ever Review

People have read my writing. People have commented on my writing, but they've usually been people I've had contact with in some way. Either via other people's blogs or as critique or beta-readers.

Yesterday, I received my first review from a person who didn't know me from Adam.

What a buzz.

E.H. Has a blog called "E.H. On Books 'N More"

She reads and reviews lots of books.When "Echoes of the Future" was featured for a reviewette on four days (one for each of us) I waited day by day chewing my...

How does your Writing Grow

My first story was a science fiction set amongst aliens yet no aliens appeared in the story. My main characters spent half the story hardy able to speak to each other, yet romance is (to quote Josh Lanyon) a series of dialogues between your main characters. My main character was a double amputee with a drinking problem, post traumatic stress disorder and facial scarring. One early beta reader begged me to make him more attractive.

Then my next full length novel is written in dual first...