tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745492561963169892.post8701840976811137138..comments2024-03-25T11:35:12.435-05:00Comments on DeConstruction of the Sekuatean Empire: So what happened...? (and other ruminations)DeConstruction of the Sekuatean Empirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15652207370325098073noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745492561963169892.post-30551912058391053842012-03-29T22:42:10.546-05:002012-03-29T22:42:10.546-05:00Hi Stephen. Sorry you didn't make it through ...Hi Stephen. Sorry you didn't make it through this round. The first review was so well thought out. It makes the second review look rather shameful.<br /><br />Hart made a very good suggestion, I think. I recall last year, ABNA, my entry...and learning how frustrating it was to introduce two distinct story-lines in only 5,000 words. I recall thinking that if we could have included just Teresa Cypherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940430996766842518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2745492561963169892.post-64237128949700858132012-03-27T16:24:47.766-05:002012-03-27T16:24:47.766-05:00I thought that first review was extremely helpful....I thought that first review was extremely helpful. It IS hard in only 5000 words. And I get what you're saying about teaching the reader to read the novel. I think maybe there is a little ABNA lesson here--because of how the excerpt is a cut-off round, I might almost alter the chpater order and stick to one in the excerpt, even if in the book you have no intention of it. (I switched my first Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.com