I'm not entirely sure this fully qualifies as romance, but relies on it heavily in parts. I've been dragging my feet getting this one rolling.
BLUES ON BLUES has some romance aspects, but isn't the complete focus. Should it be? Written in third-person, it's been through a professional edit. Me being dissatisfied with it, added another 20,000 words to the front of it, to end up with 70,000 all in all. It contains what's considered “clean romance,” I guess. I'd like to think it's more poetic than graphic. My general style of writing is image based, with a touch of metaphor. I added original poetry. There is no violence in the story except for within the tortured minds of some of the characters, who pull and tear their suffering synapses to the limits of their self control. I think we've all been there.
I'm looking for beta readers, freebees. If I could get at least a couple of people to look at it, let me know, even just one. If you only get partway through, it's alright. Content, flow, characters, it's all fair game. I'm happy to add content for clarity, or pull/alter vague bits that need attention. I'm also quite attached to my characters and would like to talk about them, more, if needed.
I would like feedback by the middle of October. It would be most useful.
Ah, the story, itself, is fiction, the downsides of success and failure. Love and relationship is a nearly invisible undercurrent for the first half of the story. Will Fletcher pushes past the death of his spouse, after the birth of his son. He decides to focus on his career, with the idea of being a good provider. He ends up losing everything. His son escapes, and so does he. Then he meets a successful author (go figure), who manages to wake him up from his seclusion. There are still some major lessons and consequences he has to overcome, risks that threaten to take him down, once again. In the end, it is sad-sad. I don't know how it will read, but I get a bit misted every time I read it. That might be just me. The ending seems straight forward, but looking closely could be ambiguous as far as the intended emotion with the conclusion.
Having gone through editors personal pride is not an issue, and I appreciate straight comments.
Let me know if you can look at it. I'll email a copy.
BLUES ON BLUES has some romance aspects, but isn't the complete focus. Should it be? Written in third-person, it's been through a professional edit. Me being dissatisfied with it, added another 20,000 words to the front of it, to end up with 70,000 all in all. It contains what's considered “clean romance,” I guess. I'd like to think it's more poetic than graphic. My general style of writing is image based, with a touch of metaphor. I added original poetry. There is no violence in the story except for within the tortured minds of some of the characters, who pull and tear their suffering synapses to the limits of their self control. I think we've all been there.
I'm looking for beta readers, freebees. If I could get at least a couple of people to look at it, let me know, even just one. If you only get partway through, it's alright. Content, flow, characters, it's all fair game. I'm happy to add content for clarity, or pull/alter vague bits that need attention. I'm also quite attached to my characters and would like to talk about them, more, if needed.
I would like feedback by the middle of October. It would be most useful.
Ah, the story, itself, is fiction, the downsides of success and failure. Love and relationship is a nearly invisible undercurrent for the first half of the story. Will Fletcher pushes past the death of his spouse, after the birth of his son. He decides to focus on his career, with the idea of being a good provider. He ends up losing everything. His son escapes, and so does he. Then he meets a successful author (go figure), who manages to wake him up from his seclusion. There are still some major lessons and consequences he has to overcome, risks that threaten to take him down, once again. In the end, it is sad-sad. I don't know how it will read, but I get a bit misted every time I read it. That might be just me. The ending seems straight forward, but looking closely could be ambiguous as far as the intended emotion with the conclusion.
Having gone through editors personal pride is not an issue, and I appreciate straight comments.
Let me know if you can look at it. I'll email a copy.
Thanks for considering,
Doug