tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post3744215127342230760..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: Novel PreviewStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-70794260163216808892007-03-25T19:58:00.000+02:002007-03-25T19:58:00.000+02:00I know roughly where it's heading, yes, but have l...I know roughly where it's heading, yes, but have left myself enough room to manouvre to keep things fresh and interesting as I write it... well, that's the plan anyway!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-79819163425226543952007-03-25T16:12:00.000+02:002007-03-25T16:12:00.000+02:00Odd question I know but do you already know how th...Odd question I know but do you already know how the book will end? I have always wondered this about writers, do they plan it all out in advance?<BR/>Good work.MOTHER OF MANYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02555514242369474271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-22143554702465182512007-03-22T08:06:00.000+01:002007-03-22T08:06:00.000+01:00Thank you one and all for actually taking the time...Thank you one and all for actually taking the time to read it. <BR/><BR/>It felt pretty weird posting a small part of the story, seeing it in isolation was a strange feeling.<BR/><BR/>Because things are going to get weird and warped I wanted to create a very strong sense of reality to begin with - hopefully the interactions between Mike and Cassie are real. Old Cheeser, you're right - this section is a "breather" after some intense emotional stuff.<BR/><BR/>Eve, Mike's feelings about epilepsy are complicated: part of him of course doesn't want it but mainly he feels that the experience he'd had previous to this scene was real and not as a result of a fit... however, the evidence suggests that it was a fit which has left Mike feeling very isolated about it.<BR/><BR/>Timewarden, I don't think I saw that Hammer Horror episode - damn! However, there's been no body switching here but the synchronicity does lead Mike to think that what happened wasn't just a freak of nature or an accident but somehow deliberate and fated... with disasterous consequences.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-48130177367433463982007-03-22T07:09:00.000+01:002007-03-22T07:09:00.000+01:00Interesting story, well written. It put me in mind...Interesting story, well written. It put me in mind of an episode of “Hammer House of Horror” in which two identical victims of a road accident become switched at hospital. In the case of your story, it would mean Cassie’s Mike is the dead one (or is he?!!) and she’s about to go home with an impostor, explaining her feeling that the man in the bed is somehow “alien”, the epilepsy being a red-herring!TimeWardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853837867256272087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-73407029504448699882007-03-22T03:03:00.001+01:002007-03-22T03:03:00.001+01:00Hmmm... I can't comment as a novel writer, since I...Hmmm... I can't comment as a novel writer, since I'm not one, but as a reader, looking for holes in the story (since you mentioned it), I felt that the 3 paragraphs starting with Cassie supplying the word 'epilepsy' didn't really blend in so well. In the 1st one, it sounds like you yourself do fear epilepsy (when in fact, I thought you were convinced that it wasn't epilepsy!). Hmmm... apart from that, I guess that the details in that part are a little sketchy (perhaps that's what you had in mind?). <BR/><BR/>I like the parts leading up to those 3 paragraphs, and the way the passage ends, though (you could end the chapter there, and they'd turn the page to read more!). You're good at the 'man-thoughts/feelings' and the descriptions, and the story-line is intriguing (it's looking like it's a story about phenomenology, unless you end up with a twist at the end, and it's actually something the US government is covering up, like in X-files ;-)).-eve-https://www.blogger.com/profile/01051512896652327719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-70091512600957319252007-03-21T21:48:00.000+01:002007-03-21T21:48:00.000+01:00Pretty intriguing stuff! There's a wealth of detai...Pretty intriguing stuff! There's a wealth of detail in your description that's really good and the interaction between the couple - their dialogue, behaviour, actions - all seem very real, thanks to the attention you have lavished on these aspects! My only real criticism is perhaps the amount of detail slows down the action a bit, but then, I haven't read the rest of your story, and this might be a "breather" section.<BR/><BR/>And I want to know if what happened to Mike was real or not! The excerpt has a definite air of mystery about it which I like - it certainly makes you want to find out what happens next, which is the hallmark of a good story. (I'm sure you've got it all worked out already, haven't you?)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for sharing it.Old Cheeserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871751335676050949noreply@blogger.com