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denniszaca

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Sorry guys, but I can't do this crap anymore.

I tried the site for three weeks and it just isn't for me. The whole idea of getting ahead by ingratiating myself with other members leaves a bad Reality TV aftertaste in my mouth. I don't want to have to pretend to like a load of ineptly written, worthless garbage just so somebody will "back my book". I don't even want to spend hours reading well-written stuff, if it's in a genre that doesn't interest me at all, just because someone backed my book and now is pestering me with messages to return the favor. And I don't want to be part of a system that obviously favors squeaky wheels and slick hustlers over good writers. That stuff all hurts my brain. Seriously, if that's the only way to get ahead in this business, I'd rather just give some publisher an honest blow job.

I'm leaving my novel up for now because it seems like a convenient place to post it online where I can show it off to people. But I'm clearing my bookshelf and my watchlist. I won't be backing anybody, or commenting, or trading favors.

I may write about hookers, but I have no desire to be one.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en
Ask the Dust by John Fante
The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac

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Hardknock City

Dennis Zaca

On his first trip to the big city, TJ learns what being civilized is all about. Food, clothing, shelter... and a full clip of ammunition.


Former high school jock TJ is having a blast on his first night in the big city—until he’s chased out a bedroom window by an angry husband and suddenly finds himself naked and alone on the streets, with nothing but his wits and nineteen years of life experience to fall back on.

Roaming the back alleys in search of food, clothing and shelter TJ meets up with Derek, a devoted slacker and diehard gym rat scraping together a living on the low end of the social ladder, and the two quickly bond when they turn the tables on a would-be mugger and pocket his night’s take. Realizing there’s money to be made in fighting crime, Derek and TJ launch a two-man campaign to clean up their downtrodden neighborhood, eventually form their own code of strongarm justice and rule the district as an autonomous sovereignty within the city.

But when a young hooker in their fledgling kingdom is murdered, their quest for vengeance touches off a turf war with a local crime boss that can only be settled with blood, guts, bullets, and a whole lot of testosterone.

 

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I wrote 714 days ago

Hmmm. This is a tough one. You seem to be a skillful writer, but I admit to ending the first chapter with no will to read on. Maybe it's a personal bias or an American vs British thing, but to me your characters are just too unlikable. Gerard seems exceedingly stodgy, and Ruth is the very pictur... view book

I wrote 714 days ago

Kiddie lit is definitely not my genre, but it's very refreshing to see a children's book where the writing is not patronizingly juvenile. You've done a very good job of keeping it simple but not childish. Well done. I'll back it. One comment about your opening paragraphs, though. You start ou... view book

I wrote 719 days ago

Richard, I'll give you the positive comments first. It's well written, and good storytelling. I'm backing it. Now, here are a few problems I had with it. First, the premise as stated in the pitch comes off very much like warmed-over DaVinci Code, melded with - what's the name of those awful Ni... view book

I wrote 721 days ago

This is a good read. It's not my favorite genre but it's well-written and engaging, and the premise is very interesting. I'd spend some time with this one. There is one thing I'll caution you about, though - at times you choose to use sentence fragments that leave the reader in the lurch. For ... view book

I wrote 721 days ago

Ths is very well written. Great opening, with action enough to engage the reader. The language flows well. All in all, this feels like a good, professional job. It's going on my shelf. view book

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