Kat's Prairie Child-A Novel Memoir -e-book avail

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: GUEST,999
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 10:36 AM

Thanks, SINSULL. I see what you meant--I'm a bit thick at times.

Kat, whatever you decide is fine with me. At day's end, writers must choose the way(s) they present their characters so readers get the impact and real meanings of those characters. If you decide any or all of what I sent is not usable, that's ok. You do what you have to do as an author. I'm looking forward to the book because I like your writing.

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 10:13 AM

As well a pre-teen girl would not get all of the references..this is definitely for the baby boomer generation and their offspring who may have seen re-runs.:-)

Via an email from Bruce, though, I think he gets it and understands, though I don't presume to speak for him. He sent me a subtly edited version of my blurb,just a couple of phrases reworded, for the better, I think, which I will post, later today, with his permission. I'll decided which one to use over the weekend. I will also include the first blurb, just for laughs/comparison. I think the above is a lot better.

Stay tuned, and thanks to you all!

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: SINSULL
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 08:42 AM

Bruce,
Amos said "I think it would attract the interest of a certain class of reader who was short on testosterone... (Ducks and runs) Actually, it's good!"
That prompted my response.
If you are drawn to Grisham thrillers and the like this may not be up your tree.
That said, I found Kat's book beautifully written with thoughtfully drawn characters and insights for both children and adults. I would hate to see this pawned off as a coming of age pre-teen girl's story. It is not all warm and fuzzy - but a pre-teen girl might read it that way.
Am i making any sense?
Mary

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: Will Fly
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 04:14 AM

Sounds fun, Kat - a feisty girl with a touch of Walter Mitty about her. Let's hope she gets tied to the rail tracks by a moustache-twirling villain, with the train coming round the bend...

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: BlueJay
Date: 12 Jan 12 - 03:59 AM

I may have to get a Kindle! Sounds good!

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 11:32 PM

Oh, yes...just for you Rapparee...perhaps you could give me tips on proper stabbing, slashing, and slicing?**bg** En Garde!

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: Rapparee
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 10:50 PM

And gore. It definitely needs more gore.

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 10:37 PM

Thanks,so much, Bobert and THANKS, Sins and Bruce! Above and beyond, both a'youse.

Much appreciated folks. By the by, it will be an ebook, first. If it sells even moderately well, it will soon be a paper book also.:-)

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: Bobert
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 10:12 PM

Ain't like I'm a literary critic 'cause I ain't much or a reader but this lexdexic hillbilly thought it sounded like it'd make me want to become one... A reader, that is...

Real nice...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: GUEST,999
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 09:56 PM

Kat, check your e-mail, svp.

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: GUEST,999
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 09:55 PM

"I agree that testosterone maybe inhibit your ability to enjoy this novel."

????? ??

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 08:21 PM

Great minds...I just answered your email.

I agree that testosterone maybe inhibit your ability to enjoy this novel. BUT, there are some very adult themes on relationships (parents with children, siblings, etc.) that will give an attentive reader pause for thought. This is not a children's book. Certain children will relate to it and I can certainly see a Kally Doll on Toys-R-Us' shelves. But, for me at least, it touched a nerve - the child who just did not fit in anywhere. And maybe why.

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 07:55 PM

LOL, you lot! Okay, the next one, after the next two, I promise aliens, vampires, sex, zombies, goddesses, the whole lot! Actually, that sounds like a great plot for a new Mudcat Story Thread!

Thanks, Dan!

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: GUEST,olddude
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 07:48 PM

I loved it Kat, but adding some vampires and Aliens from other planets with star trek goddesses isn't a bad idea ..

well come to think of it , It is just perfect as is

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 07:39 PM

LOL...I think you may have just hit on my Target Audience, though there is at least one Mudcatter of the testosterone class who enjoyed reading the manuscript.

Thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: Amos
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 07:13 PM

I think it would attract the interest of a certain class of reader who was short on testosterone... (Ducks and runs) Actually, it's good!



A

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 06:53 PM

LOL...thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions please
From: Rapparee
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 06:47 PM

Not enough vampires, sex, zombies and violence in it!

Seriously, it seems okay to me.

Subject: BS: kat's next book's blurb - opinions pls
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Jan 12 - 06:05 PM

Heya!

I am working on the blurb which will entice readers, (that's YOU:-), to want to buy and read my next e-book, Prairie Child - A Novel Memoir, (which will also be a paperback, later)and would appreciate your take on what I've come up with.

A few of you have read it and have been very encouraging. I do not like to write the "toot your own horn" type of things for my books, but even the publishers expect one to do so. I know, I know, if I, as the writer, can't get the point across how can anyone else?! Anyhow, here 'tis and THANKS:

(P.S., on the page where this will appear, the title and my name are readably visible as well as the cover. Oh, and, I am looking for readers for the next one...hint, hint.:-)

"In the conjured realms of childhood, Kally is the fastest, smartest, prettiest, and most courageous of all. In the real world of the 1950s and 1960s, she's the youngest of five growing up in Wyoming and Colorado. She's the "baby" of the family and with 6, 12, and 16 years between her and her siblings she often spends her time alone with Tramp, her dog, and Vix, her horse. Though her family is close and supportive sharing a love of reading, making music, storytelling, and camping, Kally feels as though she doesn't quite fit in with the others. As the only one with red hair and green eyes she often wonders, as young children do, if she is adopted, or a changeling, even.

"With a vivid imagination, Kally creates worlds in which her "differentness" makes her stand-out, but in a good way, usually as a strong heroine battling the odds. In her fantasy worlds, no taunting words or hard stares sting her heart or make her wish she could melt into the walls. No siblings or schoolmates tease her; she triumphs over strife and evil in every situation.

"In Prairie CHild - A Novel Memoir, LaFrance blends Kally's real world with her play worlds, blending her pretend gypsy dancer, dressed up in fanciful clothes, with entertaining her parents; racing her horse to get home before dark while fantasy ne'er-do-wells hide in the shadows along the road. She goes through many experiences which reflect the times and which she turns into imaginative events with her as the main character. She conjures up many personas, pretending to be a captured WWII spy in Greece, a freedom fighter from Scotland, a wagon train passenger, a saloon girl in a shoot-out in the desert on her way to work for Gunsmoke's Miss Kitty, and other independent woman-types.

"As the book moves along, it is "Love" that plays out in the relationships among the various characters, interweaving Kally's fantasies with a realistic portrayal of a child who doesn't quite fit in her world."

(Tip of my hat and heart to Sinsull for that last paragraph!)

Thanks,

kat