Comments on: Eating Crow

By: Susan Kelley

Susan Kelley — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:56:18 +0000

It took me a moment to get past, ‘ten book wide shelf for keepers’ thing. What will power!
I always avoided first person also, but I read a Megan Hart first person book and loved it.
I still haven’t been sucked into the vampire romance thing and hope to remain immune. Cold-skinned killers turn me away.
I might have to look up Biting Nixie and see what you see.

By: Terry Odell

Terry Odell — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:48:44 +0000

Kimber – thanks. No release date yet; I just sent my editor my copy edits today. It’ll get into the queue next week, I think.

By: Statch

Statch — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:55:30 +0000

I know exactly what you mean. I have strong prejudices (no adultery, hate kick-ass heroines, leave the kids out of it, etc), but a great writer can make me forget all of that. So I have auto-buy authors, where I don’t even look at the plot before I buy it, and I also read reviews. (So I just bought Biting Nixie, for example ).

By: Margaret Moore

Margaret Moore — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:51:28 +0000

Having recently gone a trip without a book to read – I know…stupid! – I managed to find a Susan Elizabeth Phillips book, in English, in Rome. It was This Heart of Mine. It’s a contemporary, which I rarely read, and the hero is a professional athlete. I never watch professional sports.

And yet I really enjoyed it. Heck, I inhaled that book on the flight home, even though it meant no sleep for me despite landing at 3 a.m. our time.

By: Kimber Chin

Kimber Chin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:14:28 +0000

I am resisting the Black Dagger Brotherhood. It is one of those ‘writers must protect their writing time things.’ I heard it rocks and I know if I get sucked in, I’ll read all bigillion books and never ever finish my current manuscript.

I love your collection of quotations about why romance. Love it!

By: Kimber Chin

Kimber Chin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:08:34 +0000

I KNOW… that is why it is both a happy and a sad thing when one of my reading filters is blown away. There are SO many great books, so little time.

Hey, any word on when Nowhere To Hide is coming out? Love the cover! Is it going to be the start of a new series?

By: Kimber Chin

Kimber Chin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:03:03 +0000

Ohhh… I didn’t even think of that, Kimber An. First person would take some of the mystery out of the main character’s actions.

I LOVE writing with 2 POV’s because I can switch if I don’t want a reader to know something. I also switch if I want the scene to be looked at by the non-expert. It eliminates those awkward read needed only explanations.

By: Chicki Brown

Chicki Brown — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:15:55 +0000

I had the same prejudice until someone twisted my arm and I read J.R. Ward’s DARK LOVER. I have since read her entire Black Dagger Brotherhood series and just recently started her new series.

If you want a superb vampire series with fabulous characters, check her out.

By: Terry Odell

Terry Odell — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:34:30 +0000

For me, it’s been historicals. I found a few I thoroughly enjoyed and now I have to consider them when I’m looking for more books.

I’m not sure if your post helped or hindered — I’ve not yet found a vampire book I’ve loved, so I’ve been skipping those. Also shapeshifters. I’m almost afraid to follow up on your recommendation for the same reasons.

By: Kimber An

Kimber An — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:49:37 +0000

Happened to me too, about three years ago. It’s still a rare author who can sway me with First Person POV, but it is possible!

I think the reason why is because, as a reader, I like to sit on the POV character’s shoulder and be telepathic once in a while. I don’t like to be right inside her head.