tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post5521689468132514529..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: What’s your book about? Well, it’s quite like a TARDIS...Roz MorrisKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-44368929427854059722011-09-22T20:25:03.317+01:002011-09-22T20:25:03.317+01:00Thank you very much, Marcia!Thank you very much, Marcia!Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-20836468195447852882011-09-22T03:43:45.219+01:002011-09-22T03:43:45.219+01:00I'm glad you didn't compare it to other bo...I'm glad you didn't compare it to other books. Sometimes the reader just gets confused at that. I just bought the 4 episodes for Kindle and began reading. You hooked me right away! I think it was the character's voice that got me first. She pulled me into the story. Loving it!Marcia Ricahrdshttp://marcia-richards.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-86069879773952228872011-09-21T09:42:45.090+01:002011-09-21T09:42:45.090+01:00Ho ho, thanks, Jo. Do use, with abandon.Ho ho, thanks, Jo. Do use, with abandon.Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-32062862021307281772011-09-21T08:33:35.448+01:002011-09-21T08:33:35.448+01:00Great post - and I love the word 'gnarly' ...Great post - and I love the word 'gnarly' when attached to a book. Promise I won't put it in my blurb, but might find other ways to use it!JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-92091785556877901232011-09-20T22:03:28.706+01:002011-09-20T22:03:28.706+01:00Katherine, I didn't know the Kindle only showe...Katherine, I didn't know the Kindle only showed the first few words of the blurb. I buy my Kindle books while on my PC, then load them up for reading at large. That's a great tip in itself.Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-87879027128978216182011-09-20T19:30:13.178+01:002011-09-20T19:30:13.178+01:00Blurb writing is a whole skill in itself. I don...Blurb writing is a whole skill in itself. I don't think I have mine quite right yet - and on the Kindle, only the first few words appear on the main book screen, so I'm very aware those must be the right words!<br /><br />I loved the Time Traveller's Wife, which makes me very interested in your novel...Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-28541250332227649572011-09-20T13:52:29.527+01:002011-09-20T13:52:29.527+01:00Deal, Red one! Heading over there now...Deal, Red one! Heading over there now...Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-82590633123930709992011-09-20T13:28:20.855+01:002011-09-20T13:28:20.855+01:00Sounds really interesting. I'm into time trav...Sounds really interesting. I'm into time travel books, and anything Dr Who will get my attention (well done). It's on my list of to-reads!<br /><br />Oh! I just released my first book, and I'm giving away a Kindle to celebrate. More info on my site--hope to see you there.Red Tashhttp://redtash.com/bashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-46954340054107522602011-09-20T11:33:55.702+01:002011-09-20T11:33:55.702+01:00Thanks, Dan - it took a long time. As you say, wha...Thanks, Dan - it took a long time. As you say, what one person likes about a book isn't what another person does. We all choose novels for different reasons - setting, tone, style, types of characters, and many more intangible factors such as the author's particular and unreplicatable imagination.<br />In the same vein is 'this meets that' - Jaws in Space, for Alien. The clash can be exciting to some, ridiculous to others.Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35483238168469104742011-09-20T10:10:09.806+01:002011-09-20T10:10:09.806+01:00Name-checking other novels is one of those nightma...Name-checking other novels is one of those nightmarish things as you say - people's tastes are so different. We might assume that everyone who likes Corso would also like Ferlinghetti, only to find at least half the Ferlinghetti fans out there have an absolute antipathy to him. Likewise, even if we are just trying convey "the feeling of Ferlinghetti", how do we know *what* it is about him people love who will also love Corso - is it the frenzied rhythms or is it the sense of place? It's the finest of lines, but you seem to have walked it perfectly - marvellous!Dan Hollowayhttp://danholloway.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-364439550469892522011-09-20T07:37:44.251+01:002011-09-20T07:37:44.251+01:00Thanks, Nicola! And you make a good point about wh...Thanks, Nicola! And you make a good point about who's best to write the blurb. Some of my ghosted books had inaccurate blurbs because they were written without the author being involved... Hope you enjoy the book.Roz Morris aka @Roz_Morris . Blog: Nail Your Novelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088813423467048081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-8999110240983638212011-09-20T06:54:00.635+01:002011-09-20T06:54:00.635+01:00V interesting piece, Roz, and I'm definitely d...V interesting piece, Roz, and I'm definitely drawn towards the book. One thing though - when you said that a publishing house would have written the blurb - yes, but they wouldn't have done it as well as you would and personally I would never trust them with it! All my blurbs have been written by me and my editor, and only then do we let the others get involved, but it's always been our (my!) final decision. Team effort but with author as boss - perfect!<br /><br />Good luck with the book. Off to buy my kindle copy.Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.com