Leave a comment with an up/down vote. Imagine you’re in a bookstore and you picked up this book and read the first page as follows. Would you:
- Turn the page.
- Put the book back on the shelf.
Note: Draft 2 is history. Now you can read the first 26 pages here.
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like it…would pick it up
Ok, I see brilliance here.
Two for two! I'm on a roll.
Draft 2 get my thumbs up! I am pulled into the sheriff's dilemma..a little bitty nail or a big 'ol spike? And who the heck is interupting? I have to read more.
~ Teri
i'm hooked in by page one. i would definitely turn the page and keep reading!
Aaron K
Four for four! Where's Brandon? We need a contrarian view.
Liked it. But it made me hungry. And now I'm emotionally invested in his ability to consume the ribs. Please let him eat the ribs!
Like it! I want to read more. Love the threes!
AmyC: I'm 20,000 words in and he hasn't eaten the ribs, yet. We'll find out in a few months.
Anonymous #3: I'm partial to the threes, myself. However, I think the second draft may have overdone them. We'll see how it looks in draft three. Heh.
Love your flow, the rhythm of your words. Smooth and snappy as jazz.
So, I guess you'd turn the page. 😉
Hmm. I like the comment "smooth and snappy as jazz". Very nice. And a thumbs up on Muffin Man, draft 2. I totally empathize with his dilemma and the radio interruption that saves the day or cheats him out of his soul-food. Or does it?
Exactly. We'll have to wait until 2012 to find out how the soul food affected his soul.
Farm out, dude! Count me in!
I would get a coffee and keep reading – Dan Acheff
Then I guess I need to get back to writing!
BEEF RIBS?? great scott man – they need to be PORK RIBS … now there's your cholesterol king !
(from the Memphis fan club)
Hey, he's a south Texas sheriff, where beef ribs rule, Ms Memphis.
I would pick it up and read it. Catchy beginning…makes you want to read more…..
I'm hooked…I'd keep reading. I like the "oblique" approach to the ribs -sherryw
Would DEFINITELY keep reading! — Neta J