Author: Writer guy

Talk amongst yourselves

Writer guy

After reading six Dean Koontz books, several observations are clear.

1) Cool cover art, and particularly nifty fonts.
2) Story can be reduced to one sentence
3) Receives attractive displays and prominent placement in the bookstores
4) Sells a LOT of copies

His writing works for many people. The sales figures speak for themselves.

Points 1-3 suggest another story. My theory: points 1-3 are the principal and perhaps only cause of number 4.

Bottom line – his publisher knows how to market him. So if they can market him, they can market me.

There I go, thinking out loud again. Back to my pages…

Columbus Day

Writer guy

It’s a good thing Queen Isabella never heard of the Atkins diet. Otherwise Christopher Columbus may have passed on the bet, ceding the first one here title to the Vikings. And while everyone loved the Vikings for their taste in window treatments, as raiders, they had a nasty habit of lighting everything nailed down on fire and stealing what wasn’t. In many ways, the Vikings were the Enron’s of their day, a mere eight hundred years before the discovery of the boardroom.

Still, burning the country side does not a stable New World make, so the job went to Columbus. On his day, we remember his discovery of North America and revel in the importance. My high school history teacher summarized Christopher’s accomplishments best – Columbus didn’t know where he was going, when he got there he didn’t know where he was, and when he got back home – he didn’t know where he’d been. And so a nation was born.

Today, many commuters relive his journey each business day by going to work.

Drop your socks

Writer guy

A particularly choice email arrived for Master Buddhapuss today, and the cat needs more time to meditate through the possibilities. The answer – and the question – on Tuesday.

On other fronts, I’m digging this cut of Velocity. A lot of the lessons learned with The Ridge Runner – breaking chapters into tight scenes – starting the book where the story starts are paying off here. Although its only the second draft – so far this reads better than the first five drafts of The Ridge Runner.

All in all a good week out.