Jacqueline Patricks's Blog - Posts Tagged "scireviews-and-giveaway-blog"
Hmm... nice...
http://scifireviewsandgiveaways.com/2...
From A.M. Boyt's review of Dreams of the Queen: "A hidden talent of Patricks’ is her landscape and atmospheric/setting descriptions:
“Feral beauty tangled up and over every surface. Enormous vines and flourishing blooms swathed the area creating a shadowy, organic cathedral. A faint whiff of perfume breezed to her, like jasmine, but sweeter, more delicate—if jasmine could be more delicate without losing its scent entirely. The buzzing of alien insects reminded her of the sticky, summer days of her childhood in the South, and cicadas filled her memory with their incessant mating calls. Here, however, the insects grew louder as it grew darker. It seemed even they understood the dangers of daylight.”
I don’t know about you, but I rarely find that level of writing in self-published fiction. I also think the author deserves credit for frequently writing from the heart. You can tell she’s not churning out Twilight; she’s writing scenes that contain emotions that are very meaningful to her, and that is a rarity in traditionally published fiction."
Hmm... nice. Thank you, A.M. Boyt! I'd almost forgotten about that passage. I was inspired by the jasmine on my back porch trellis.
From A.M. Boyt's review of Dreams of the Queen: "A hidden talent of Patricks’ is her landscape and atmospheric/setting descriptions:
“Feral beauty tangled up and over every surface. Enormous vines and flourishing blooms swathed the area creating a shadowy, organic cathedral. A faint whiff of perfume breezed to her, like jasmine, but sweeter, more delicate—if jasmine could be more delicate without losing its scent entirely. The buzzing of alien insects reminded her of the sticky, summer days of her childhood in the South, and cicadas filled her memory with their incessant mating calls. Here, however, the insects grew louder as it grew darker. It seemed even they understood the dangers of daylight.”
I don’t know about you, but I rarely find that level of writing in self-published fiction. I also think the author deserves credit for frequently writing from the heart. You can tell she’s not churning out Twilight; she’s writing scenes that contain emotions that are very meaningful to her, and that is a rarity in traditionally published fiction."
Hmm... nice. Thank you, A.M. Boyt! I'd almost forgotten about that passage. I was inspired by the jasmine on my back porch trellis.
