Critics

Reviews are very interesting things and I do believe they serve a purpose. However, individuals that write reviews aren't required to be honest in the slightest as I've recently learned. I wonder if there are people out there in competing genres that actually lie in reviews to lower anothers rating. One comment I got referenced the overuse of a type of punctuation that I had supposedly overused. I was concerned enough to read thirty pages to see if there really was a problem. That punctuation was used six times on thirty pages. That isn't what I would consider overuse and is a far cry from the fifteen times per page that the reviewer had stated.

No one wins in a mud fight but I wanted to vent a bit.  Sorry 'bout that!

May the stars guide you,
Daniel

Promotional Price

I've been reading up on how things work on Amazon.com and it was suggested that I put a book on promotion.  The price has been marked down $2.00 to $.99 for the next three days and then will start drifting back to its normal price.  It will give people a chance to get to know my characters and decide if it would be something that they'd be interested in.  Making money is nice but having people happy with my work is even more important to me.  I hope by putting this on the blog that more people will have a chance to see it and a chance to meet David and Isabel! 

Home alone with my ideas

I have been getting a lot of feedback on my books lately.  Some is criticism for the sake of being annoying and some has been quite constructive!  I'm working on a continuation of the Eredwynn story and am doing my best to work the ideas that I've received from all over the world into it.  Of course the story belongs to itself and it won't let me stray to far from the parameters that it's set up for itself.  I'm going to try to color inside the lines and see if that will help.  I'm getting a lot of experience with both the writing and the dealing with people.  For me the writing is much easier because, as a gamer type at heart, I don't work well with others!  I'm closing in on my newest goal and that is to be in the top 100 in my genre on Amazon.com/fantasy.  I'm in the four hundreds now and that is up from the seven thousands only two weeks ago.  Thanks to everyone that has boosted me in the right direction!

Until Next Time,
May your stars guide you.

A new book series called The Wizards of Eredwynn

     I was sitting at home one afternoon and my mind was approached by a man named David.  He said that he had a story to tell and asked if I'd tell it for him.  I had very little experience writing stories but I said that I'd give it a shot.  He began telling me a fascinating story and continued telling it for several months.  Some of the things I was told I couldn't believe and had to verify with history.  It was all true and I wrote what I was told.  He gave me information that the publisher said was to much for one book and they had me divide it into three books.   I've had them done in paperback and Kindle format and they can be found at The Wizards of Eredwynn .  I  know that there is a picture of some scary old man on the page but ignore the man behind the curtain!

My book model is my youngest daughter, Hailey.

Another Typical Day   Was my first attempt at writing anything.  I even figured out ways to get out of term papers when I could.  I was stung by a few kick the author reviews but finally got someone that didn't read the book just to kick the writer.  My next two books got progressively better, at least in my opinion.  I feel better after reading that my writing may have promise.  I hope I got better over time.  I'm sure that someone will let me know and if they do have criticisms they are at least nice about it!

A New Generation

I have been considering writing about David's children and what they might do when they start growing up.  I'll let it run around in my head for awhile and maybe they'll show up to tell me their stories!