Hi Ayrich, I read the first chapter of MIRANDA. I find your premise very compelling--it feeds that common human paranoia that maybe just maybe the whole world is engineered to fool you, to control you, and/or to evaluate you. I had that paranoia as a child and though I have since exchanged them for ... view book

Hi Jan. Your comment on ROYAL FLUSH is by far the best I’ve received on this site. I know already that I’ll be taking several of your suggestions. One thing, though, about the oversized goat--my book actually contains many such errors. For instance, colic isn't contagious, so it would be unlikely fo... view book

Congratulations on making the top five Nicola! I hope you make the Editor's Desk at month's end. Scott view book

Hi K. Howard Bell, Since you commented on Royal Flush and also to make up for my brusqueness from before, I read through the Prologue and first two Chapters of Barry Beeswax and the Seven Suspects. I love your hodgepodge of reinvented fairy tales combined with an alternate-reality London. I agree... view book

Hey Nicola, I'm not too great at coming up with titles, and I've thought of plenty that I've hated. The first novel I wrote still lacks one. The strategy that I've found most successful, though, is not to force it--to wait for a title you're passionate about to occur to you naturally. This worked... view book