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Finally took the plunge and published my book

Edgewriter said:
Thanks, Colton.

I'm glad to hear you are reading the books. I hope you will find that the books get continually better as you go, just as my writing style grew. Please continue to let me know what you think as you go!
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Just finished book 2, and really liked it. Nice job! I'd recommend it to anyone here. As you hoped, I thought the writing style was more sophisticated than the first book, and none of the things which bugged me about the first book (which I still liked) were present in the second. In particular I thought you did a great job writing the non-traditional viewpoints, those were very enjoyable. On to book 3!
 
colton said:
Just finished book 2, and really liked it. Nice job! I'd recommend it to anyone here. As you hoped, I thought the writing style was more sophisticated than the first book, and none of the things which bugged me about the first book (which I still liked) were present in the second. In particular I thought you did a great job writing the non-traditional viewpoints, those were very enjoyable. On to book 3!
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Thanks, Colton. It's good to hear that you're liking the books. I came up with the ideas for these characters and the situations they were in when I was a kid, so I can see how the beginning might have felt a little cliche. I was heavily influenced by the other authors I was reading back then. But then again, that's genre fiction for you. Every idea has been done by someone at some time before.

Green, tell your wife I said thanks for reading, and please let me know what you think when you get the chance to read!
 
franklin said:
Mr. Edgewriter -- any plans to have these put into audio?
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Mr. Edgewriter is my father's name LOL.

Franklin, I would love to, and you're not the first one to ask, but hiring voice talent costs money. I'm not quite ready financially to handle that. I'm just glad the writing pays my bills and allows me to hire a cover artist.
 
So, what age would you put on these books? My 11-year old breezed through and loved Harry Potter, Leventhumps, and is now on the 2nd Michael Vey. Would your books be appropriate for a kid that age?
 
MoTappin said:
So, what age would you put on these books? My 11-year old breezed through and loved Harry Potter, Leventhumps, and is now on the 2nd Michael Vey. Would your books be appropriate for a kid that age?
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I did not write them specifically for a YA audience, but my 11 and 13 year olds have read them as have several nieces and nephews. Most readers have told me they feel the books appropriate for young teens. One lady even told me she reads them to her kids.

Content wise, there is no sex in the books (though some is implied in the later books.) and any cursing is mild (Damns and hells or completely made up). The only thing I can think of is the violence. There is fighting and monsters and when the characters are battling monsters, the fighting can get a bit gruesome.

Does anyone else here that's read them have an opinion?
 
Tarah Woodblade

For those of you interested, I have the first two chapters of upcoming book, Tarah Woodblade up on my site.
Feel free to check them out.

Chapter one: https://trevorhcooley.com/?p=2161

Chapter two: https://trevorhcooley.com/?p=2207

Tarah Woodblade is the first book of the second Bowl of Souls Series

Here is the cover: 1557641_10200668345109969_1730333892_n.jpg

This is the back cover blurb:

"A BOWL OF SOULS NOVEL
The war is over, but there is a void of power that must be filled and no shortage of men eager to fill it.
Tarah Woodblade was the best guide and tracker in the land, but she ran away from the war. She returns to Dremaldria expecting to be labeled a coward, but instead finds herself lauded as a hero. It seems a hero is needed too, because someone is hunting rogue horses . . ."
 
Btw, I finished the first Bowl of Souls series a month or so ago. As mentioned in the thread, I liked book 2 quite a bit. I liked book 3 equally as well. Book 4 was kind of a let down for me--I felt that the plot bogged down because of the large number of battle scenes that were in the book. But then I liked book 5 again as much as books 2 and 3.

Good luck on the new series!
 
colton said:
Btw, I finished the first Bowl of Souls series a month or so ago. As mentioned in the thread, I liked book 2 quite a bit. I liked book 3 equally as well. Book 4 was kind of a let down for me--I felt that the plot bogged down because of the large number of battle scenes that were in the book. But then I liked book 5 again as much as books 2 and 3.

Good luck on the new series!
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I am just totally shocked that you wouldn't like battle scenes. Just doesn't seem like you Colton...
 
colton said:
Btw, I finished the first Bowl of Souls series a month or so ago. As mentioned in the thread, I liked book 2 quite a bit. I liked book 3 equally as well. Book 4 was kind of a let down for me--I felt that the plot bogged down because of the large number of battle scenes that were in the book. But then I liked book 5 again as much as books 2 and 3.

Good luck on the new series!
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Thanks, Colton! I am glad you enjoyed them. The War of Stardeon was definitely a battle heavy book. Thank you for the feedback.
 
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