Yet another great review, and some update stuff
Don Campbell at the The Future Fire Reviews has turned in a very detailed analysis of Confessions of a Zombie Lover, coming up with a favorable but scoreless review. I ought to give a mild spoiler warning, but I suppose the review really does skirt the spoiler's edge without quite going all the way. You can read the whole thing here.
In any case, I want to thank Don for reading my book and for the very detailed review. I note that Don, like most reviewers, has come into the series with book 2, and yet they did not feel left out of the story for missing book one. And this is awesome. But, I was kinda hoping someone might buy Zombie Punter first and read it, and THEN read Confessions of a Zombie Lover. But what would be even better is if that person also got around to making a review explaining how they felt about both books. Maybe not as detailed as Don's review, but still, it would be nice.
And while I'm on the topic of repetitive patterns, I'm finally making some progress with those calluses, and I'm able to form most normal chords. However, I still cannot form any barre chords. The main issue is my middle finger, which cannot rest on a string if the index finger goes into motion. This is a problem because every instruction I've seen on barre chords says to set the other fingers first, and then lay the index finger down. And since I've tried it the other way, I can tell you, it really doesn't work the other way.
I'm also working on strumming practice, as my accuracy for strumming five and four string chords is somewhat iffy. Oh, I do fine if I just strum down. But if I have to come up for an upstroke, I tend to overshoot my target and hit the next string as well.
Oh, random note. I'm trying to make up a chord progression similar to the books, but improving on one weak spot. The book opens and closes on Dm, and after opening Dm it goes A7-E7-G7-Dm. Which, when you go to repeat for a second refrain sounds like poop. In my opinion, this progression needs a five string chord to go after G7 and bring the song back around to Dm for the start. When I mention the progression on Twitter, the first and ONLY suggestion was Dm. Is that really the only chord you can go to from G7, or can I maybe toss in something else?
Moving on to other news, hubby is in China this week for a sale convention, so I have no language classes, unless I attempt to use some old language course software I bought. Which I might, just to keep in practice while hubby is gone.
Since I'm all alone for the week, I'm going to be more focused on work type stuff. I have a new assignment that may start on Monday, a paid gig that I'm asking for pro rates on. If I'm approved, I can handle that job in one or two hours a day, and then devote a little time to writing, and a little to editing.
On editing, I'm working on Mmmm…Crunchy! It is just as wrong and sick as I remember, and I really should feel guilty for laughing at some of this stuff. But between Dr. Tubright, John, and Susan, there's so much wicked fun going on that's it's hard not to find joy rising in my beady black evil heart. And that's before you add in Viktor Von Glofelt and Wanda, the crunch-addicted assistant manager of Test Market 420. It may become my most hated book evah, but I will always love it for what it is: a teenage-cheerleader-shaped demon with bloody pompoms chanting "Evil is great!" (^_^)
Ahem, and on the writing front, I'm still working on the intro of Bran of Greenwood and the Scary Fairy Princess. And it's awful. The joke with the rabbit knots is getting out of hand, as now my herione can only use the tears of female dire bunnies. The snare traps needed to catch these giant rabbits has been mentioned twice, but the knot itself still hasn't been seen. This is sadly only funny to me and one other writer, and I have the dreadful feeling she won't read this dreck anyway. X^D
On the gardening front, all of my plants are still alive, a small miracle in and of itself. ^_^ And I think that's just about it for now. Expect another update as soon as Touched clears the Smashwords queue.
