Re: Take Her Home
Dear Ms. Linn,
I must admit, VP did you dirty with that horrendous cover for your Sexy Confession: Take Her Home. Praise Jah for excerpts, because if I judged a book by it’s cover, this one would have stayed right on the virtual shelf and it would’ve been our loss. I also know authors only get a minimal say on covers, so I’ll move on to the basics.
At 11 pages, Take Her Home worked very well for me. I was a bit skeptical at first (ugly cover aside) about the quality of VP’s stories, given what I’ve read about VP’s reputation among readers and authors, however I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by your short tale.
Take Her Home features a happy couple, at the height of a comfortable relationship who like being adventurous in their sexual escapades. Yet, Tierney is a bit reluctant when her lover encourages her to try a threesome with another woman. Eventually she’s persuaded by her curiosity and her desire to please Dane. It turns out that Tierney ends up on the most satisfying end of this ménage.
I liked Tierney’s personality, it was realistic: shy, but curious and willing. I also liked that her lover wanted her to experience the pleasures of having two people focus their attention on her. Of course men are visual creatures, so it was all good for him, but he wasn’t selfish in his actions, and I liked how he remained focus on Tierney. For me, this is one of those ménages between two women and a guy where the women’s connection is their appreciation of each other’s bodies, rather than just a show for a guy.
Good job telling a hot confession. One point I’d make about the blurb - it’s not her forbidden fantasy, it’s her lover’s very vocal fantasy which she indulges in and learns is yet another pleasure for her to enjoy. Sorry, that’s just the nitpicky Virgo in me. Keep writing!
Regards, Solaine
P.S. I’ll be picking up Sinful Touch, that excerpt on your site is scandalously delicious!
May 31st, 2006 at 9:38 am
Woohoo! Did I not say the “Confessions” were great bang for your buck and a half? Glad you enjoyed the short tale Solaine :-)
Happy reading!
Tilly
May 31st, 2006 at 11:50 am
I just can’t fathom out a book that only has 11 pages. Obviously I’m a snob when it comes to Venus Press, but that aside, 11 pages? I couldn’t bring myself to buy. Do they tell people before hand how many pages there are per book?
May 31st, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Tilly - I really did enjoy it! I went and got Tierney’s earlier story, Sinful Touches and that was good, too, although I was very disappointed with the page count. Only 55 pages for $4.00! Maybe I’m spoiled because EC’s quickies at $2.99 are more pages that that!
Karen - I feel you. We don’t know the page count beforehand, at least not in numbers. Jay mentioned in another post I had that books are charged by word count, not necessarily page length and I guess if a publisher formats a certain way, double spaced big font, they could make the pages seem more then they are.
I was disappointed with the page count on Sinful Touch. I know I read fast, but damn, I was just getting into the story and it was done!
May 31st, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Word vs page count is an interesting focus for readers…if you are looking to make your money go as far as possible, then it will only ever make sense to purchase the “novel” size or 45k plus.
As a writer I never ever look at page count, only word count and write in the most basic of formats [times 10pt single space and 1″ margins]. The main reason the page number does not matter that much is because most epublishers are using an 8×10 “page” not one that would resemble a mass market paperback or even a trade paperback.
As for fiddling with margins, font size and line spacing, every epublisher has their own formula on what looks better on the ereader.
Glad you gave the Confessions a try though - good bang for the buck and a half I hope :-)
June 24th, 2006 at 4:43 am
Thanks for the feedback and for those of you who bought my novellas, thank you!!!!! Page count is always in the back of my mind. I write the short ones to get stuff out there while I work on a longer book. Give the next one a try. It’s At His Mercy from Liquid Silver Books. I believe it turned out to be 30k words. A 70k, full length is coming soon! Thanks again, Tierney