Sometimes it’s nice to get a positive review!
I occasionally check Amazon, Smashwords, and Goodreads for new ratings and statistics, although I do avoid making it a habit. Yesterday, I was looking on Amazon and noticed that my rankings had improved. How? I have no clue, but its never been better!
There was also a positive review waiting for me, which is always nice. Perhaps I am generating some interest? Not bad since I cannot spend much time advertising my work.
This should help offset the bad review I got a month or so back. Perhaps in time the positives will outweigh the negatives!
I have just finished reading Avenging Fate by Jennifer Derrick and I must say that I am impressed!
Where Broken Fate set the board and ultimately led to the fall of Death Fate. Avenging Fate brings us forward into a world thrown into chaos. Jennifer Derrick explores how manipulation, betrayal and love can have global consequences.
The author branches out from the affairs of gods and the humans who toil on Earth. These new elements really make her world shine! Jennifer Derrick breathes life into a plethora of new characters, some with backgrounds shrouded in mystery. She also brings forth creatures of myth who both managed to surprise me and kept me wanting more.
Avenging Fate ended at a good point for this continuing tale. The various threads were tied up nicely, but it left things open for another sequel (or more). Alas, I will have to wait until the next book is released to find out more.
I certainly look forward to it!
There are certain elements of life that few of us think about. Many avoid dwelling on death and few question how we ended up where we are. Was it blind luck? Skill? Ruthlessness? Or was it pre-ordained by a greater power?
Broken Fate by Jennifer Derrick tackled both elements by living through a moment in the life of one of the Fates. The author Jennifer Derrick seems to have a knack for dragging Greek mythology thousands of years ahead into the now. She breathed life into these ancient gods and goddesses and left me emotionally invested in their outcomes.
All of the elements are there, political intrigue, alliances, life, and death. The latter is central to our main characters existence and the reader gets to see what happens when rules are bent or broken.
I found it hard to put this book down, taking any opportunity I had to advance a few pages. Alas, the much of the story remains to be told. So I ordered Avenging Fate to see how just how this tale unfolds!
In the week since the initial review of The Grand Project was completed, I finished reading The Martian and caught up on some television. In other words, I have spare cycles until the review process begins anew.
My review began on 16 August 15 and was finished 14 January 16. This process took six months to accomplish and 4039 corrections were logged. This means there were 1132 additional corrections made after the 71% mark was noted in Slow and Steady on 17 November 15.
At that time, there were 41 modifications done for each percent of the manuscript reviewed. The last 29% saw that number drop to 39 corrections while the global average settled in at 40 corrections. Overall, the number remained consistent and that is not a bad thing.
If my progress on The Grand Project follows a similar path to the The Portrait then I expect numbers to drop for the next revision. My final review of The Portrait yielded less than 50 changes for the entire manuscript.
During my next review process, I will keep statistics for every chapter. That should yield some very interesting results! For now, there are a few more readings on my to-do list to accomplish before I start again!
For the past several months, I have been doing an initial review of The Grand. It has been a long process, marred by delays as other projects and commitments crop up. Tonight, I managed to complete my review of The Van Helsing Paradox, available on Wattpad and brings my overall review completion to 71% of the manuscript.
This chapter like the novel strays from the style used in The Portrait. In my previous work chapters were small. Designed to be quick reads, chapters within The Portrait are on average 3 pages of single-spaced writing.
The Van Helsing Paradox stands alone as 16% of the overall manuscript and is made up of over 10,000 words. This chapter also features a lot of dialogue, which was not prevalent in The Portrait.
The review process has remained the same. For now, I have 2907 separate corrections applied to the manuscript. These vary in scope and includes single word changes, to spacing corrections and the addition of new paragraphs.
In other words, there are 41 modifications done for each percent or 1.5 pages. This seems like a lot, but this improves dramatically when I do my second review, followed by a third and so on. I follow an iterative review process then introduce a pause to gain a change in perspective.
Stay tuned! There are still 3 chapters and a lexicon left.