Metal Boxes - Rusty Hinges (34 page)

Goodreads review by Amanda Mackey on
February 08, 2014

A Cold Winter

What a horrible day.

In a bleak, one-woman show, Alan Black takes us through the hardships of surviving a cold, hard winter. You could almost freeze reading every page ... and that's not even mentioning the wolves. I hope tomorrow's a better day for Libby.

Amazon review by
Daryl Russ
on December 7, 2014

How To Start, Write, and Finish Your First Novel

Are You Just Itching to Write a Novel?

Have you ever read a book and thought, “I didn’t see THAT coming,” or “Thank goodness I dragged myself through the first 30% because the last 70% was fantastic!” ??????? Or, how about, “I could write better than that!” or “I wish I had the guts to do what these people have done…” ????????? Truth, I would be clueless where to start, I see myself as having a mazillion ideas and be running willy-nilly across the ages, no patience, no real plan, and worse, no organization … totally me.

Listen up budding authors, experienced authors, or anyone who knows someone with that “author” potential, the ever versatile Alan Black has gone all non-fiction on us and written a book on how to write a book that is fun, entertaining and full of great ideas, plans and Mr. Black’s own sense of wry humor. How to Start, Write and Finish Your First Novel made so much sense to me, that I was in awe of his thought process and advice! Don’t get me wrong, this is NOT Writing for Dummies, but a logical, and easily understood method to produce YOUR first novel! Mr. Black’s suggestions and easy manner, while admitting the importance of baby steps is difficult to adhere to, the odds of creating a quality piece of work would be greatly increased!

Is the genre you choose NOT the current rage? Are your ideas NOT 100% original? If your writing is good, your plot well-paced and the very best you have to offer, following Alan Black’s method could make you the next author to watch for or at least an author with talent and the ability to tell a story that people WANT to read! Take a look at Alan’s list of novels, impressive and varied, but each one is well-written, entertaining and well-edited, he must be doing something “write.” Yeah, yeah, I sound like an infomercial, but heck, even I would have the guts to express my writing abilities to the world after reading How to Start, Write and Finish Your First Novel, of course I would have Alan Black review it!

I think what Alan Black is trying to do is to give a future writer a firm foundation to take the leap from and he does it well!

I received this copy from Alan Black in exchange for my honest review, and no, it did not color my opinion.

Amazon review by
Dii
(
TOP 500 REVIEWER
) on July 2, 2015