FREE EBOOK 21 to 25 August 2014
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00MELTC84
Author: Charles Christian
Do you write genre fiction? Or love reading it? This book reveals the 12 rules that writers of sci fi, fantasy, crime and horror must never break when building believable imaginary worlds for their readers.
Can you spot the writers in love with their ‘trappings’ (showing off their research), ever been let down by an author ‘cheating’ (‘jumping the shark’), are you in danger of losing the (credible) plot? The 12 Rules also covers gadgets vs. characters, plausible villains, unspeakable names, language and more.
If you are writing genre fiction, The 12 Rules keep your readers reading. As a reader, armed with this guide, have some fun spotting any rule transgressions in your next book.
Hi Jane.
Posted a review. Gave it four out of five stars. The book itself is very good, and is not so long and stuffed up to be boring. Instead, it is lively and quite funny. The points raised are so valid. Like myself, most writers will probably look at this and say "Yes I kow that." but it's stuff we do all the time, and maybe this can shock people into taking real notice.
The one point I made was that I believe the book would have benefitted from an independant, hard-nosed, non-family-or-friend person to read through it; as I found quite a few simple errors. Not with the message but simple typos or words in an incorrect order.
But still a highly recommended read for all writers, budding and published.
Best regards,
PabloJ.
Hi Jane.
Got the book for free from Amazon and for once it was no trouble. Will post review as soon as possible.
Regards,
PabloJ
I shall attempt to download on 21st. Have had trouble with supposedly 'free' downloads before though.
I don't know whether you've noticed, but the author has the same surname as you. There's a coincidence. (Joking there.)
Anyway, I shall definitely look into this publication. I suppose, technically speaking, all fiction is 'genre fiction' as the first thing an editor/agent/publisher asks you is which category the book falls into.
But I agree with the above synopsis-come-teaser, as I have read some books that clearly would have benefitted from such illumination.
Good luck with it and keep on doing.
PabloJ.