Sticking With The Story
Listen. I holistically get it. What appears on the cover gets bought first; be it person, place or thing. If it looks good on the outside, and especially if it doesn’t, will determine whether or not to touch it. Going back to something still lingering in my mind... is a blogger who years ago wrote about CRINGING when looking at some book covers. Imagine that. ...especially when we writers were sometimes working with a team of only one, and often just a sketch pad where we actually heard our files traveling (while downloading) over a dial tone. 😂😅 I STILL laugh. I know (and knew then) exactly what gave the blogger that buzz. Now, I admit to being pretty good at detecting quality. My problem resides somewhere between patience, desperation and hope. Because I’m usually taking a break from writing when selecting books to read, my patience tends to run low, leaving me a little desperate hoping the books I’ve selected (to read) will be keepers; stories I can pass on and on, and still stay
