Many Thanks
Grateful and humbled don’t say enough. They’re a start. I didn’t plan to do this post this week, but when this came up it just couldn’t wait. We’ll get back to business as usual next week.
It’s Saturday morning. Part of my weekly routine is to check my author page at Amazon. Amazon posts sales figures as of midnight Pacific on Fridays. The numbers are a week delayed; but they are the best sales figures available if you’re not a publisher. This Saturday I did something I haven’t done for a while. I read the reviews so many of you have given my work. Grateful and humbled don’t say enough.
I learned some things from your comments; or maybe I should say your comments confirmed some things my gut told me back in the day when I started writing. History is fascinating when it is presented in story form. Most of us didn’t get that in school. History class consisted of people, events and dates memorized for test purposes. Bring those people and events to life in story form and learning becomes entertaining. That is especially true when some aspect of an otherwise familiar character or event is unknown to the reader. I call those gems, unexpected history. I try to find overlooked ‘I had no idea’ insights tucked away in the margins of history. They make for great stories.
Your reviews told me historical fiction and western readers like a fast paced story. Sometimes the reviews I get from other western writers struggle with the way I pace my books. I run two or three plot-lines in parallel with relatively short scenes moving back and forth between them. That technique makes for a fast paced story. It may not be the way traditional westerns are written, but you told me over and over, you like that style. I may not win many awards by coloring outside the lines in the genre, but I’ll do my best to keep turning out page turners.
You told me you like visual scenes, believable characters and solid research. Those are things I’ve tried to deliver from the beginning. We can always learn and get better, but you told me we’re shooting at the right targets.
So I’m a grateful guy this Saturday morning. Humbled too that so many of you enjoy my work and took time to tell others about it. For my part I’ll keep trying to bring you entertaining stories that are worth your time. Whether the story is unexpected history or just a fun read, the ingredients are the same. Many thanks for your feedback.
https://www.amazon.com/author/paulcolt
Ride easy,
Paul
It’s Saturday morning. Part of my weekly routine is to check my author page at Amazon. Amazon posts sales figures as of midnight Pacific on Fridays. The numbers are a week delayed; but they are the best sales figures available if you’re not a publisher. This Saturday I did something I haven’t done for a while. I read the reviews so many of you have given my work. Grateful and humbled don’t say enough.
I learned some things from your comments; or maybe I should say your comments confirmed some things my gut told me back in the day when I started writing. History is fascinating when it is presented in story form. Most of us didn’t get that in school. History class consisted of people, events and dates memorized for test purposes. Bring those people and events to life in story form and learning becomes entertaining. That is especially true when some aspect of an otherwise familiar character or event is unknown to the reader. I call those gems, unexpected history. I try to find overlooked ‘I had no idea’ insights tucked away in the margins of history. They make for great stories.
Your reviews told me historical fiction and western readers like a fast paced story. Sometimes the reviews I get from other western writers struggle with the way I pace my books. I run two or three plot-lines in parallel with relatively short scenes moving back and forth between them. That technique makes for a fast paced story. It may not be the way traditional westerns are written, but you told me over and over, you like that style. I may not win many awards by coloring outside the lines in the genre, but I’ll do my best to keep turning out page turners.
You told me you like visual scenes, believable characters and solid research. Those are things I’ve tried to deliver from the beginning. We can always learn and get better, but you told me we’re shooting at the right targets.
So I’m a grateful guy this Saturday morning. Humbled too that so many of you enjoy my work and took time to tell others about it. For my part I’ll keep trying to bring you entertaining stories that are worth your time. Whether the story is unexpected history or just a fun read, the ingredients are the same. Many thanks for your feedback.
https://www.amazon.com/author/paulcolt
Ride easy,
Paul
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