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rank 5445
word count 64066
date submitted 01.08.2011
date updated 01.04.2012
genres: Fiction, Thriller, Romance, Travel
classification: universal
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The Big Adventure in Little Bosnia

Kenneth R. Szulczyk

Something dark and evil lurks within the Bosnian university's walls. Keith Swanson, a new finance professor, must combat this evil, and rescue his Serbian girlfriend.

 

Keith Swanson is excited to teach at the Bosnian University of Management. The university opened its doors shortly after the Bosnian War. Keith's future was looking bright. He just finished teaching his first semester and fell in love with a Serbian woman, Yelena Backovich. However, something is wrong at the university. Something dark and evil lurks within the university's walls and lumbers among its classroom. Keith Swanson is forced to confront and kill this evil.

This evil unfortunately played a role in the disappearance of Keith's girlfriend, forcing Keith to rise up, to become a hero, and to rescue her. As Keith discovers, tension still runs high among the three ethnic groups, the Bosnians, Croats, and Serbs, and a whole underworld of murder, drugs, and prostitution is thriving in the Balkan states. As Keith is plunged into this underworld that surrounds a psychotic university president and the mafia, he does anything he can to rescue his girlfriend . The clock is ticking and Keith must act fast. Can Keith rescue his girlfriend in time, or will they both perish in Montenegro to be never seen again?

 
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Bill Carrigan wrote 134 days ago

Greetings Kenneth,

Overwhelmed you must be, with such a high TSR, so I won't ask favors. I will, however, take the liberty of commenting briefly on "The Big Adventure in Little Bosnia," which starts with a fascinating, humorous characterization. Since you ask for suggestions, I'll venture one or two, now that I've read your prologue. They concern structure.

Most editors hate prologues because they're often confused with forewords, prefaces, or introductions and hence skipped. My first suggestion is to call yours "Chapter 1." Next I'd follow your third paragraph with everything you've written here about Veronica, a wonderful character who springs to life at once. Then introduce Jasmin, show his interest in Veronica, and end with your present last paragraph. This would constitute a much stronger opening, and you can use most of the history in later chapters. A famous writer once said, "Novels are about people."

P.S.: Though I promised not to ask for anything, I can't resist mentioning how I covet that blank space on your shelf.

Best wishes, Bill ("The Doctor of Summitville")

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