Some of you may have seen my post about my new Chrysler 300 that I got on Saturday and then my post about it being destroyed by hail yesterday. Nevertheless, I did get some good news yesterday. I found out my novel, A Death on the Wolf, is a semi-finalist in the literary fiction category of the Kindle Book Review's "Best Indie Books of 2012 Contest."
I did get some good news yesterday...
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Congratulations on your new book. Very cool indeed, it must be exiting to see it getting attention right out of the gate. I hope it does well!
Does it start with,
"It was a dark and stormy night..."?
"It was a dark and stormy night..."?
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
It sounds like a darker story than I thought it was.
Not dark at all. It's a coming of age story set in 1969. Read the reviews at Amazon.
It sounds like a darker story than I thought it was.
Not dark at all. It's a coming of age story set in 1969. Read the reviews at Amazon.
Originally Posted By: G-MAN
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
It sounds like a darker story than I thought it was.
Not dark at all. It's a coming of age story set in 1969. Read the reviews at Amazon.
Congrats on the book man. It's just not my kind of book lol.
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
It sounds like a darker story than I thought it was.
Not dark at all. It's a coming of age story set in 1969. Read the reviews at Amazon.
Congrats on the book man. It's just not my kind of book lol.
Your book received great reviews!! Congratulations! Going to download it; look forward to reading it.
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Your book received great reviews!! Congratulations! Going to download it; look forward to reading it.
Thanks. The best review (IMO) came from someone who purchased the book on Smashwords and then actually wrote to me telling me how much he enjoyed it. I asked him to write a review, which he put up on Goodreads. Here is an excerpt:
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The term "coming of age" is often overused -- but not here. This novel explores the bittersweet pleasure and agonizing distress of teen-age friendship and first love -- and the unfathomable menace of pure evil. I found the characterizations to be nothing short of astonishing. Until I read this story, I thought that only Charles Dickens had the seemingly magical gift of letting the reader, in a scant handful of words, seem actually to see the scene almost like a photograph, and of consistently presenting dialog so true to life that you'd think you were actually hearing the characters speak. ... Seldom have I encountered fictional characters who took on such vivid, three-dimensional life that, even without detailed descriptions, I felt I actually knew them. That's what happened in reading this book. Two or three times the exquisite exactness of Mr. Frazier's word choice actually left me breathless, with a "Yes! That's exactly right" reaction. The story itself is sometimes funny, often heart-rending, and just about impossible to put down. The descriptions of daily life are so bullseye perfect that time and again they took me back to my own childhood and teen years, now way over a half century past. I don't mind a bit saying that this book moved me to tears a dozen times. I hated like anything to leave some of the characters behind: I felt they were my friends by the book's end. I will definitely be reading A Death on the Wolf again. It is not apt to leave my mind--ever. It's simply a wonder, and, I think, a great gift from a very talented writer. ... I cannot recommend it highly enough. --Jon Rutherford [Goodreads]
Your book received great reviews!! Congratulations! Going to download it; look forward to reading it.
Thanks. The best review (IMO) came from someone who purchased the book on Smashwords and then actually wrote to me telling me how much he enjoyed it. I asked him to write a review, which he put up on Goodreads. Here is an excerpt:
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The term "coming of age" is often overused -- but not here. This novel explores the bittersweet pleasure and agonizing distress of teen-age friendship and first love -- and the unfathomable menace of pure evil. I found the characterizations to be nothing short of astonishing. Until I read this story, I thought that only Charles Dickens had the seemingly magical gift of letting the reader, in a scant handful of words, seem actually to see the scene almost like a photograph, and of consistently presenting dialog so true to life that you'd think you were actually hearing the characters speak. ... Seldom have I encountered fictional characters who took on such vivid, three-dimensional life that, even without detailed descriptions, I felt I actually knew them. That's what happened in reading this book. Two or three times the exquisite exactness of Mr. Frazier's word choice actually left me breathless, with a "Yes! That's exactly right" reaction. The story itself is sometimes funny, often heart-rending, and just about impossible to put down. The descriptions of daily life are so bullseye perfect that time and again they took me back to my own childhood and teen years, now way over a half century past. I don't mind a bit saying that this book moved me to tears a dozen times. I hated like anything to leave some of the characters behind: I felt they were my friends by the book's end. I will definitely be reading A Death on the Wolf again. It is not apt to leave my mind--ever. It's simply a wonder, and, I think, a great gift from a very talented writer. ... I cannot recommend it highly enough. --Jon Rutherford [Goodreads]
I would be really proud. For a self published book to get such honest reviews and praise... That's impressive to say the least. The book sounds awesome! I plan to check it out.
Just downloaded your book, Gman!
Looking forward to reading it. Great reviews!
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Looking forward to reading it. Great reviews!
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