Rave reviews!
Nov. 14th, 2006 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousmeSo for those of you not in the know yet, I've been writing a zombie novel for National Novel Writing Month. It's being posted as I write it in my writing LJ, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
secret_history.
What's very gratifying is that it appears to have attracted some readers who are not, in fact, on my flist. For instance:baronmind had this to say about my humble little offering:
...there's a fantastic zombie story unfolding over atsecret_history, currently titled Afternoon Snack of the Living Dead. Despite the jocular title, the story takes itself seriously. The character development is fantastic, the actions and responses realistic, and the entire scenario is horrifically believable. The story is this year's NaNoWriMo effort by mousme -- already past the 50,000 word mark, I might add, which is impressive in and of itself -- and I'd like to thank fearsclave for bringing it to my attention.
With reviews like that, how could you not want to read it? ;)
secret_history.What's very gratifying is that it appears to have attracted some readers who are not, in fact, on my flist. For instance:
baronmind had this to say about my humble little offering:...there's a fantastic zombie story unfolding over at
secret_history, currently titled Afternoon Snack of the Living Dead. Despite the jocular title, the story takes itself seriously. The character development is fantastic, the actions and responses realistic, and the entire scenario is horrifically believable. The story is this year's NaNoWriMo effort by mousme -- already past the 50,000 word mark, I might add, which is impressive in and of itself -- and I'd like to thank fearsclave for bringing it to my attention.With reviews like that, how could you not want to read it? ;)
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Date: 2006-11-15 04:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-15 04:15 am (UTC)Thank you for the pimpage! :D
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Date: 2006-11-15 06:04 am (UTC)This is awesome. Congrats.
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Date: 2006-11-15 03:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-15 11:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-15 03:49 pm (UTC)I didn't even think to friends-lock it. I'll have to go look at the ramifications of that, and maybe lock the entries after all.
Glad you're liking it!
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Date: 2006-11-15 12:33 pm (UTC)This way you are guaranteed people rushing out to buy it when it is published just to find out what happens next!
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Date: 2006-11-15 03:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-15 04:04 pm (UTC)There are, of course, a few exceptions. The most notable one, in your case, would be David Wellington's zombie trilogy. The first book, Monster Island, was offered for free online and became incredibly popular. It was picked up for publication. The sequels are available online and are upcoming in print.
Still not sure if I'd want to take that gamble.
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Date: 2006-11-15 02:11 pm (UTC)