Fictionwise stuff, and more!

[lagilman]

So, Staying Dead is #7 on the Fictionwise fantasy list. It's a small list in a small pond, but it pleases me nonetheless. The reader review -- only one, but they liked it, they really liked it! -- pleases me even more.

And, for those of you craving that next Wren Valere fix, the short story "Palimpsest" (from Powers of Detection) is also up on Fictionwise, and only 64 cents! Go, read. Hey, Publishers Weekly liked it, so will you!

In fact, read 'em all, they're short. I'll write more. ;-)

Comments

[karenmiller.livejournal.com]

Screw self deprecation. That's excellent news!!! Woot!

[merlinpole.livejournal.com]

[Slightly belatedly...]

Congratulations, and may it stay up there. I noticed that it seems to be selling well in the local Barnes & Noble, it's been getting prominent display there moving between an end-rack display area, and a four-sided rack at by the top of the down escalator.

[lagilman]

nah, when I self-deprecate, I'm painfully good at it. That was just being realistic about what the numbers actually mean. Like the Amazon.com rankings, they're markers in the mist -- useful to grab onto but without any sort of context whatsoever to the 'real' numbers.

But reader reviews, those I treasure. In the end, it's all about how the readers react -- storytelling's an interactive art, even if it has to be passed through a third party (paper, or phosphors). I make the story as real and as interesting as I can, but only the reader can make it succeed.

Gee, puts a lot of pressure on the reader, doesn't it? Good. I'm all about the brainpower-in-use thing. (it only looks like frothy escapism... stealth thinking! Eeeee!)


okay, no more cafFiend for me, this morning...