Fallen has received two great reviews recently, and was featured on TEASER TUESDAY on this vibrant review site.
First review: Noted reviewer Harriet Klausner gave FALLEN five stars, and commented: “Fallen is an exhilarating post apocalyptic thriller that contains superb twists and spins, which keep the audience wondering what next. The fast-paced story grips the reader early on with the vivid description of a world gone mad and never slows down….”
Review I discovered this morning: Gimme the Scoop Reviews posted a 5 star review, raving: “Oh my God! This book was sooo good! The first few sentences draw you in and take you on an emotional roller coaster ride and just when you think it’s okay to uncover your eyes or quit screaming it takes off again!”
I have to confess: both of these reviews thrill me. Harriet Klausner reads everything, as far as I can tell, everything. A 5 star review from such a noted, experienced reader is gratifying. Some internet bloggers wonder how she can read so much, but I read a lot, too, so I grok that. If I want to, I can read 200 or 250 pages an hour–while watching TV. The mind is plastic and wants to oblige, if you ask it to stretch. Besides, Klausner only gave my first novel IMMORTAL 4 stars, so it’s great to see 5 stars for FALLEN.
Then there’s Gimme the Scoop Reviews, who posts the kind of review that every storyteller loves. There’s a difference between writing well and telling a story well, and both are skills I cultivate every single day of my life. When I’m folding the laundry or walking to the bus stop to pick up my little one at the end of the school day, I am thinking about…. Well, it could be a story that’s unfolding in my mind’s eye, or it’s the difference between the craft of prose and the craft of storytelling. If it’s the latter, then the tacit subtext is: how do I improve? It is a novelist’s duty to entertain and intrigue.
So when a review like Gimme the Scoop’s comes along, the reader’s emotional excitement means that I am doing my job as a novelist.
And it’s great to see a quote from FALLEN put up as a teaser, and then to see dozens of comments…