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I haven't received my copy of WORDS BETWEEN MY TEETH yet. Am I looking in the wrong place?
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Kyleigh wrote: "I haven't received my copy of WORDS BETWEEN MY TEETH yet. Am I looking in the wrong place?"Hey Kyleigh, e-mail me at tfmeyer3(at)yahoo.com and let me know which format you need (mobi, epub) and I'll be happy to send you one.
MJ wrote: "Finished and reviewed on Goodreads. Thanks again Tim!"Thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed it!
If anyone else didn't get their copies, feel free to shoot me an email over at tfmeyer3(at)yahoo.com.
I just finished the second story in the collection. I liked the first story, but I LOVED this one! So glad to finally start reading this collection... :)
Kimberly wrote: "I just finished the second story in the collection. I liked the first story, but I LOVED this one! So glad to finally start reading this collection... :)"Thanks Kimberly! That's so very kind of you to say...
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Wait until you read the 3rd and 4th!
Ken wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "I just finished the second story in the collection. I liked the first story, but I LOVED this one! So glad to finally start reading this collection... :)"Wait until you read the ..."
I'm already looking forward to reviewing this one!
I got the book, Tim. Thanks! Am starting today! :)
Tim, I'm in. Looking forward to this. Thanks!
I really enjoyed this short story collection. What a great mix of horror and dark fantasy! I'm looking forward to reading more of your work, Tim. 😀
Kristy wrote: "I really enjoyed this short story collection. What a great mix of horror and dark fantasy! I'm looking forward to reading more of your work, Tim. 😀"Thanks, Kristy! I'm glad you enjoyed the collection.
First couple of stories were okay but Worlds Between My Teeth was top notch. IMO a great short story needs enough information to draw me in but not so much that I can't let my imagination run wild. Tim hit the mark with that story.
Ctgt wrote: "First couple of stories were okay but Worlds Between My Teeth was top notch. IMO a great short story needs enough information to draw me in but not so much that I can't let my imagination run wild...."Thank you! WORLDS is a personal favorite. I had fun writing that one.
I've read four stories in and so far my favorite has been THE CHERRY COLLECTORS. I thought the atmosphere and tone were so creepy and I thought the ending was so satisfying.
I've read the first 5 or 6 now, and while I would rate them all high, individually speaking, "Worlds Between My Teeth" stands out as a nearly PERFECT story! CTGT said it well in his comment (above)--enough information to give you the perfect visual, yet not so much that you couldn't "think" about the added horrors that could be there yet, unseen.... Truly haunting. :D
I have read the first 3 and they have all been excellent. My favorite line so far was from The Cherry Collectors and was (view spoiler). I laughed out loud.
Vicki wrote: "I have read the first 3 and they have all been excellent. My favorite line so far was from The Cherry Collectors and was [spoilers removed]. I laughed out loud."I did, too, at that one! I think I even marked a couple quotes to use for the review, eventually. :)
Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm really happy everyone is enjoying the collection. I have 4 signed paperbacks I want to give away at the end of the month to those who have taken the time to review it on Goodreads/Amazon/your personal blog. To be entered, all you have to do is drop the link to your review (unless it's Goodreads) and I will select 4 random winners on the last day of the month!
Tim wrote: "Thanks for the kind words everyone. I'm really happy everyone is enjoying the collection. I have 4 signed paperbacks I want to give away at the end of the month to those who have taken the time to ...":)
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Tonight I read "The Ice King" (brilliant!), and "Box Game" (5 stars and the "best sister ever" award! ;) ).
Too late to join?? Oy joined the group now!
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Rouxmia wrote: "Too late to join?? Oy joined the group now!"Rouxmia, feel free to email me at tfmeyer3(at)yahoo.com and let me know what file you need. We'll make this happen!
Thank you Tim for letting me be a part of this review and discussion. I have been extremely busy but wanted to say good job and hope to see more of your imaginary worlds
Barbara wrote: "Thank you Tim for letting me be a part of this review and discussion. I have been extremely busy but wanted to say good job and hope to see more of your imaginary worlds"Thanks, Barbara! I really appreciate the kind words.
You are welcome Tim if you have checked out my reviews and book shelves then you realize I am very blunt with reviews, and have no issue with posting someone's book as a waste of time, I f I like it I like it, if I don't I say so. That's is what a reviewer does, you have to have tough skin to write or review, luckily I'm part crocodile,lol.
Really enjoyed the novella at the end, dystopian crime/PI story....in my wheelhouse. Overall a solid collection with a handful of outstanding stories. I'll be posting my review shortly. Thanks for the copy Tim.
I finished it. I rated it 5 stars. Vicki's Review
I was really impressed with your range of writing, Tim. Some were very short and some were longer, but they all were good. You also had so many different types of horror in one book!
My questions are:
When you get your idea do you already know if it will be a short story or a novella? Do you prefer writing one over the other?
Do you just write one thing at a time until it is done or do you have projects in all different stages?
Do you have a daily writing schedule/plan that you follow?
I really loved the section at the end that told where your ideas came from. I was wondering as I read.
Vicki wrote: "I finished it. I rated it 5 stars. Vicki's Review
I was really impressed with your range of writing, Tim. Some were very short and some were longer, but they all were good. You also had so many d..."
Hey Vicki! I'm glad you enjoyed my collection and thanks for taking the time to leave a review.
Here are the answers to your amazing questions!
When you get your idea do you already know if it will be a short story or a novella? Do you prefer writing one over the other?
So, when I have an idea I usually know whether it will be a short or something longer. On few occasions a short story has gotten away from me and ended up being something longer. In that case I let the story go where it wants. I'm not sure which I prefer over the other (each have their charm), although novels and longer works tend to sell better. Also, I think writing novels is my strength. Short stories pose more of a challenge.
Do you just write one thing at a time until it is done or do you have projects in all different stages?
I do several drafts of whatever I'm working on, so after I complete a draft of one thing I'll switch and work on a draft of something else, putting the first thing aside so I can come back to it a month or two later with fresh eyes. I'll have three or four projects going on at once, all in various stages.
Do you have a daily writing schedule/plan that you follow?
I try to wake up early each morning before the rest of the house and before I head to my day job. Doesn't always happen that way and sometimes I write at night. I don't have a strict routine, though, I'm more productive in the morning with fresh coffee. I squeeze the words in when I can, as often as I can. I do have a goal of ten thousand words a week, which I hit sometimes. Sometimes I don't and that's okay, too. I try harder next week.
Thank you for your questions, Vicki! I enjoyed answering them!
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Speaking of The Organ Harvest, I really enjoyed the October John character and his cohorts. Are there/will there be other October John tales? Where did the idea for this come from?
I just finished a few minutes ago (review will be up this week and I'll post back). I was going to ask the same thing as Ken regarding October John. :)Personal favorites are: "The Man Who Never Frowned", "The Pumpkin Tree Giveth, and The Pumpkin Tree Taketh Away", "Worlds Between My Teeth", "Box Game", "The Ice King", "The Lemurs", and "The Cherry Collectors".
Ken wrote: "Finished up Worlds tonight and thought it was a very solid offering. Worlds Between My Teeth, The Cherry Collectors, Under New Skies, The Ice King and The Organ Harvest were my favorites. You can c..."Hey, Ken! Thanks for the review. I'm happy you enjoyed the collection!
On October John: I had every intension to make it a series, but it never really found an audience. I included it in the collection because it never received a print version and I thought it brought something unique to an already diverse group of stories. If there ends up being enough interest, a continuation of October John's story is very possible.
As far as the idea - I always wanted to write a PI story, but I wanted to set my PI story in a post-plague New York City where the supernatural is possible and weird occurrences are somewhat common. Throw in a strange cult, and there you have it! I also thought it'd be interesting to see the story unfold through John's partner's perspective rather than John himself.
Thanks for the questions, Ken. And thanks again for inviting me to the Group Read this month. Loved it!
Yes please, more October John. Loved that final story.
Here is my link to my GoodRead's review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R1U6KOD...
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2WRR...
*Also to appear on blog* :)
I'm really sorry but I really struggled with this collection. I haven't read the longer story at the end but I hope to come back to it soon.I loved the ideas for the stories, The Lemures was excellent, but the ending didn't work for me. The same happened for the next few stories. They seemed to end a page or a few sentences before I wanted them to.
So, it made the experience of reading the others less enjoyable as I was expecting the ending to not work. Maybe it was my own fault as if you're expecting something to fail then it does.
Jennifer wrote: "I'm really sorry but I really struggled with this collection. I haven't read the longer story at the end but I hope to come back to it soon.I loved the ideas for the stories, The Lemures was exce..."
Sorry the stories didn't work for you, Jennifer. But thanks for giving my work a chance! I really appreciate your honest feedback.
No problem Tim. I'm definitely going to give the longer story at the end a try soon!I wasn't sure whether to post my comment or not and I hope I didn't come across as not constructive. The stories had a really good premise so I wanted to give a bit of feedback.
I look forward to read what you do next !
Jennifer wrote: "No problem Tim. I'm definitely going to give the longer story at the end a try soon!I wasn't sure whether to post my comment or not and I hope I didn't come across as not constructive. The storie..."
Very cool!
I enjoy feedback whether it's good, bad, or indifferent. Honestly, I appreciate reviews of any kind, and your comments were very helpful, so thank you!
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Hey all! Here are the winners for the signed paperback giveaway: Barbara, Ctgt, Vicki, and Kimberly. Congrats!
Email me at tfmeyer3(at)yahoo.com or shoot me a private message on here with an address to send them!
And thanks to everyone who participated in the group read!
Tim
Oh!! I am so excited. Thank you SOO much Tim. Much appreciated!
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Ken wrote: "Tim, can you tell us what you have in store for us for the rest of 2017 and beyond?"Sure, Ken. I released two novels in 2017. One came out in May through Severed Press, titled SHARKWATER BEACH, and the other was the third book in the post-apocalyptic series (SUNFALL) I co-write with Chad Scanlon and Pete Draper. I'm currently shopping a novel called KILL HILL CARNAGE and a novella titled THE SWITCH HOUSE. There has been interest for both. Hopefully they'll find publishers soon and (fingers crossed) come out in 2018. I recently finished the first draft of the final book in my DEMON BLOOD series, and I'm aiming to get that out in 2018. I'm also working on a crime/thriller novel, which has been interesting considering this book has no supernatural elements in it, an extreme departure from mostly everything I've written. I'm having tons of fun with that manuscript. Besides that, I'm also working on another untitled horror novel, plotting a weird western with heavy horror elements, and attempting some collaborations with different authors. 2018 is going to be a big year for me if everything goes according to schedule.
I like your stories, I was very happy to be a part of this group. I continue to review and volunteer my time to review hoping to be on every authors ARC list. Ebooks are ok but there is nothing like holding one in your hands and admiring it on your shelf. Really enjoyed your spooky tales, too bad it wasn't October would have been great halloween reading, good luck in your career
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Sure, Ken. I released two novels in 2017. One came out in May through Severed Press, titled SHARKWA..."
I can't wait! I want to thank you again for being our guest author. This has been a lot of fun for us and the members dig getting introduced to the high quality work from someone they may not have had the pleasure of discovering yet. We also appreciate your being candid and open. It makes it so much more enjoyable for the reader when they can learn a little background on the story and the author behind it. Some writers get it and some don't. I'm here to tell you that you get it. Thanks again and we hope you'll come back for another of your releases!
Ken wrote: "Tim wrote: "Ken wrote: "Tim, can you tell us what you have in store for us for the rest of 2017 and beyond?"Sure, Ken. I released two novels in 2017. One came out in May through Severed Press, ti..."
Sure thing, Ken. Thanks for having me. I had a blast.
