Perennials of War
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Comment from country ranch writer
Thank you for the review of characters of your up coming book we will all wait patiently for you to start this one and good luck
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Thank you for the review of characters of your up coming book we will all wait patiently for you to start this one and good luck
Comment Written 02-Nov-2016
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Thank you for the encouragement
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Comment from DonandVicki
It sounds like you are building up to another good and well planned out book, Barbara. I am looking forward to reading it.
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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It sounds like you are building up to another good and well planned out book, Barbara. I am looking forward to reading it.
Comment Written 01-Nov-2016
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Thank you for the encouragement
Comment from Jacqueline M Franklin
Hi, Barb
= I want to do this justice when I read it, but I'm so worn down, I just can't concentrate right now.
= Been having FM attacks on top of tying to get ready for company.
= Your new book sounds intriguing, so will love reading it.
= Wow! The Jewish faith. If you are not of that faith, you must be doing A LOT research. You go, girl! (*<*)
<> A Smile Is A Frown Turned Upside-down (*>*)
<> Cheers & Blessings <> Jax
<> Published as <> Jacqueline M Franklin
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Hi, Barb
= I want to do this justice when I read it, but I'm so worn down, I just can't concentrate right now.
= Been having FM attacks on top of tying to get ready for company.
= Your new book sounds intriguing, so will love reading it.
= Wow! The Jewish faith. If you are not of that faith, you must be doing A LOT research. You go, girl! (*<*)
<> A Smile Is A Frown Turned Upside-down (*>*)
<> Cheers & Blessings <> Jax
<> Published as <> Jacqueline M Franklin
Comment Written 01-Nov-2016
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Thank you for the encouragement
Comment from Mastery
Hi, Barbara. Well, looks like your new premise is a good one for me to follow. I am glad I am getting in on the start of it all. I'm sure your characters will take us for a thrilling ride before it's over.
Suggestion: I think you should have let the characters unfold by themselves without any introduction. Who is going to remember any ot these characters except perhaps the one important protagonist...(see? I already forget her name. and there are so very many people with the same last name....I cannot remember any of them. Sorry. I suggest you simply give them titles at the bottom of each chapter as you add them to the story as I have done with my book. That way, the reader will tend to remmeber them all. Like this. Shana Kohlberg...twenty-five protagonist Tomas Kohlberg...Whatever etc.
Glad to see you starting a new one, my friend. Blessings. Bob
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Hi, Barbara. Well, looks like your new premise is a good one for me to follow. I am glad I am getting in on the start of it all. I'm sure your characters will take us for a thrilling ride before it's over.
Suggestion: I think you should have let the characters unfold by themselves without any introduction. Who is going to remember any ot these characters except perhaps the one important protagonist...(see? I already forget her name. and there are so very many people with the same last name....I cannot remember any of them. Sorry. I suggest you simply give them titles at the bottom of each chapter as you add them to the story as I have done with my book. That way, the reader will tend to remmeber them all. Like this. Shana Kohlberg...twenty-five protagonist Tomas Kohlberg...Whatever etc.
Glad to see you starting a new one, my friend. Blessings. Bob
Comment Written 01-Nov-2016
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Thank you for the encouragement I don't like running a list at the end of each post. I wouldn't do that for a novel so refuse to do it here. I know people won't remember everything but it does hook them. I do it more for me to keep me honest in my writing.
Comment from Jay Squires
First of all, congratulations on this new project. I predict you will acquire many new readers. Your character list connotes a feeling of strength in cultural history as well as familial descent. This should have multiple layers if you bring it off as you are capable of doing. You can count me among your readership, Barbara.
Just a few things I noted. Take most with a grain of salt (or San Antonio Paprika). I'm just getting my reviewing feet wet all over again.
Shana Kohlberg -- Jewish for beautiful [Though I think the reader can figure it out, I think I would add, {Shana is} Jewish for beautiful]
just before WWII ended September 2, 1945. [just before WWII ended (,) (on) September 2 (of that year)? This last part is merely a suggestion since you already mentioned the specific year.]
Haim Kohlberg -- Shana's great, great grandfather [I'm assuming he is deceased, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to so indicate it, to prevent confusion. If I'm being picayune just let me know, (LOL) This is only my second review for over a month and I'm a little rusty.]
His family: [To whom does "his" refer?]
Emily -- Anderson's five year old daughter [five-year-old daughter]
The home has six bedroom [... six bedroom(s)]
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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First of all, congratulations on this new project. I predict you will acquire many new readers. Your character list connotes a feeling of strength in cultural history as well as familial descent. This should have multiple layers if you bring it off as you are capable of doing. You can count me among your readership, Barbara.
Just a few things I noted. Take most with a grain of salt (or San Antonio Paprika). I'm just getting my reviewing feet wet all over again.
Shana Kohlberg -- Jewish for beautiful [Though I think the reader can figure it out, I think I would add, {Shana is} Jewish for beautiful]
just before WWII ended September 2, 1945. [just before WWII ended (,) (on) September 2 (of that year)? This last part is merely a suggestion since you already mentioned the specific year.]
Haim Kohlberg -- Shana's great, great grandfather [I'm assuming he is deceased, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to so indicate it, to prevent confusion. If I'm being picayune just let me know, (LOL) This is only my second review for over a month and I'm a little rusty.]
His family: [To whom does "his" refer?]
Emily -- Anderson's five year old daughter [five-year-old daughter]
The home has six bedroom [... six bedroom(s)]
Comment Written 01-Nov-2016
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Thank you for the encouragement. I will make necessary corrections.
Comment from Sis Cat
This list of characters, plot, and setting shows a firm handling of your developing novel. It shows planning and focus. I think many novelists would benefit from such planning. Your characters are interesting.
Given that Nazi theft of Jewish art has been covered in books, films, and documentary you will have to provide a new twist--something that will set it apart in this Holocaust sub-genre. I had a Jewish aunt who survived the Holocaust to tell her own story of Nazi theft of her family's possessions. Are you writing your book inspired by family stories or by other books on the subject? Have you read books about Nazis looting Jewish art? I applaud you for tackling a subject totally different from a Texas romance. You have your work cut out for you to bring something fresh to this sub-genre.
Thank you for sharing. I wish you success on your new novel.
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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This list of characters, plot, and setting shows a firm handling of your developing novel. It shows planning and focus. I think many novelists would benefit from such planning. Your characters are interesting.
Given that Nazi theft of Jewish art has been covered in books, films, and documentary you will have to provide a new twist--something that will set it apart in this Holocaust sub-genre. I had a Jewish aunt who survived the Holocaust to tell her own story of Nazi theft of her family's possessions. Are you writing your book inspired by family stories or by other books on the subject? Have you read books about Nazis looting Jewish art? I applaud you for tackling a subject totally different from a Texas romance. You have your work cut out for you to bring something fresh to this sub-genre.
Thank you for sharing. I wish you success on your new novel.
Comment Written 31-Oct-2016
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Thank you for the encouragement. I just wanted to try something new.
Comment from sandragee
You have two characters who have nothing in common. Shana is a English literature teacher in Illinois who lives in a one bedroom apartment. Anderson Sharp owns a penthouse in New York and has a house in Texas that sits on 710, 900 square feet of land. Any interaction between the two will be interesting.
Nice notes. Good luck with your book.
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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You have two characters who have nothing in common. Shana is a English literature teacher in Illinois who lives in a one bedroom apartment. Anderson Sharp owns a penthouse in New York and has a house in Texas that sits on 710, 900 square feet of land. Any interaction between the two will be interesting.
Nice notes. Good luck with your book.
Comment Written 31-Oct-2016
reply by the author on 05-Nov-2016
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Thank you for the encouragement
Comment from Phyllis Stewart
This sounds intense and perhaps depressing in many parts. Why must stories have bad guys? I've written seven novels, and only one had a bad guy--Detour (Carlo, drug lord, but never threatened the protagonist). The Demon series had Lucifer, but he's just an ineffectual buffoon and source of humor.
I'd rather have no good guys and bad guys, but have "the enemy within"... the flaw inside that we all have to overcome. More drama, I think, and easier to relate to. Not many people have to fight Nazis anymore.
Disney always has villains in kids' movies, and that bugs me. It teaches kids that problems are someone else's fault, and there's always a bad person to blame. You can see that it's a problem in our culture of victimhood.
Fact is most problems we encounter come from our own behaviors, actions, thoughts. I like to write books that show a person growing and becoming a better person by events that give him/her a chance to rise to challenges. Never fighting a bad guy. So I may not read it. Sorry, but I really don't like villains.
I especially don't want to read about Nazis. We defeated the Nazis and didn't learn a damn thing about how they came to power. THe Z in Nazi stands for socialist. It's true. Anytime you have one person or a small group of people imposing their own values on the citizenry, it will end in failure...with much misery along the way. People vote these leaders in, and then live with regret. Why can't we LEARN from history?? But that's a separate topic.
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2016
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This sounds intense and perhaps depressing in many parts. Why must stories have bad guys? I've written seven novels, and only one had a bad guy--Detour (Carlo, drug lord, but never threatened the protagonist). The Demon series had Lucifer, but he's just an ineffectual buffoon and source of humor.
I'd rather have no good guys and bad guys, but have "the enemy within"... the flaw inside that we all have to overcome. More drama, I think, and easier to relate to. Not many people have to fight Nazis anymore.
Disney always has villains in kids' movies, and that bugs me. It teaches kids that problems are someone else's fault, and there's always a bad person to blame. You can see that it's a problem in our culture of victimhood.
Fact is most problems we encounter come from our own behaviors, actions, thoughts. I like to write books that show a person growing and becoming a better person by events that give him/her a chance to rise to challenges. Never fighting a bad guy. So I may not read it. Sorry, but I really don't like villains.
I especially don't want to read about Nazis. We defeated the Nazis and didn't learn a damn thing about how they came to power. THe Z in Nazi stands for socialist. It's true. Anytime you have one person or a small group of people imposing their own values on the citizenry, it will end in failure...with much misery along the way. People vote these leaders in, and then live with regret. Why can't we LEARN from history?? But that's a separate topic.
Comment Written 31-Oct-2016
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2016
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I am sorry you feel this way. I do understand. I am hoping to put a different spin on it, but who knows.
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There is no way to spin away a villain. It seems novels here are romances, mystery/detective, or stories with villains. It's very common. So you're certainly not alone, and I'm sure you'll have lots of happy readers. Good luck and have fun. :)
Comment from Cumbrianlass
Wow, this sounds like quite the undertaking. Really well done on the planning, Barbara. Guess you changed your mind on the cowboy story! Look forward to reading this.
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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2016
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Wow, this sounds like quite the undertaking. Really well done on the planning, Barbara. Guess you changed your mind on the cowboy story! Look forward to reading this.
Av
Comment Written 31-Oct-2016
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2016
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I wasn't sure I'm ready for a western. Thank you for the kind review.
Comment from seaglass
This sounds promising. I will be watching for the first chapter. I like how you cover various cultural groups in your stories. Understanding and tolerance comes when we experience life through the stance of other and reading places us in that position.
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2016
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This sounds promising. I will be watching for the first chapter. I like how you cover various cultural groups in your stories. Understanding and tolerance comes when we experience life through the stance of other and reading places us in that position.
Comment Written 31-Oct-2016
reply by the author on 31-Oct-2016
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Thank you for the kind review.