Am I being too much of a hardass for wanting Inquisition to be capitalized? (Or to see Mel Brooks and a merry band of monks go dancing by?)
Honestly, the story sounds sort of interesting to me, even if the mute girl given a voice through poetry is a little heavy-handed. The albino aspect is probably a step too far.
I think that's the thing that bugs me, Amy-- honestly, when I started reading the blurb, I thought, "Wow, a period of history that's not been done to death," and then we got to albino mute girl writing troubadour poetry about courtly love and I just facepalmed. I actually think it would have been interesting for her to be albino, since during that period that would have been something looked upon with deep suspicion and have her find her refuge in the poetry, vs. the mute finding voice through the poetry. And both is just... too much.
(Or to see Mel Brooks and a merry band of monks go dancing by?)
"The Inquisition, what a show! The Inquisition, here we go ..."
And both is just... too much.
Yeah. I mean, I get making your protagonist an outsider, but come on.
What surprised me most was that Lucia Macro bought it. I didn't know she was acquiring outside of the romance program.
Or to have someone exclaim, "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
Oh, Amy - I don't know if you read Dear Author but they had a question about whether people were interested in or based book purchases on author bios and/or photos. Most people said no - that they went by the description on the back of the book most often. Nice to know that your efforts in that area aren't wasted?
Nice to know that your efforts in that area aren't wasted?
Hee! Yes. It's true for me, too -- if it's an author I don't know, I don't care about his or her life, I just want to know if the story sounds interesting.
Maybe I enticed many, many people to read
Big Spankable Asses!
::crawls away to sob::
No, Amy, even your writing couldn't get people to read that ... unless they were already interested. (And I remember your, um, angst about having to write that copy. That thing also got an "award" for having a terrible cover.)
Oh, Amy - I don't know if you read Dear Author but they had a question about whether people were interested in or based book purchases on author bios and/or photos. Most people said no - that they went by the description on the back of the book most often.
Crap, there goes part of my marketing plan.
Albino ... mute ... girl? I know of at least two people who played that character in a role-playing game
Babe, no! Non-fiction IS DIFFERENT. That's why they're going to buy it -- because even if the subject is interesting, your experience and take on it is going to seal the deal.
Totally different thing, I swear.
I know of at least two people who played that character in a role-playing game
And amazingly enough, that fact makes it even more likely that they were albino-mute-girl-tortured-bards!
