Comments on: Toots for Servant of a Dark God http://johndbrown.com/2009/10/toots-for-servant-of-a-dark-god/ Mon, 21 May 2012 04:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Brown http://johndbrown.com/2009/10/toots-for-servant-of-a-dark-god/comment-page-1/#comment-185 John Brown Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:43:44 +0000 http://johndbrown.com/?p=2159#comment-185 The wonderful thing is the whole process. Book 2 went out to alpha readers who found some things I needed to tweak. Then Hartwell read it and, well, the man just has insight into story. He's seen and done so much. This next draft of book 2 is going to be great. And then we do another round. The wonderful thing is the whole process. Book 2 went out to alpha readers who found some things I needed to tweak. Then Hartwell read it and, well, the man just has insight into story. He’s seen and done so much. This next draft of book 2 is going to be great. And then we do another round.

]]> By: Steve Diamond http://johndbrown.com/2009/10/toots-for-servant-of-a-dark-god/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Steve Diamond Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:42:16 +0000 http://johndbrown.com/?p=2159#comment-184 There's no doubt about it, some people won't like it. Nothing will be like by everyone. The majority of people who read our blog over at Elitist Book Reviews will enjoy this book. A lot of our readers (with ourselves included) like the fantasy styles of guys like Sanderson and Farland, but want it to be a tad darker. While I personally enjoy REALLY dark fantasy, SERVANT OF A DARK GOD delved deep enough into the grim to hit the right chords while not resorting to shock value like guys like Morgan often resort to. The great thing here, is that the issues I'm seeing (and the issues I notice other people have) are easily correctable without hurting the style. The second book has a lot going for it, and I'm extremely excited to read it. As for John looking at people's issues with a sense of seriousness, this is something that more authors could do. Oftentimes I see authors make the same mistakes in every novel, and it makes me want to hate them. And kill them dead. And worse yet, compare them to Terry Goodkind. I have faith in you John! Keep up the good work! There’s no doubt about it, some people won’t like it. Nothing will be like by everyone. The majority of people who read our blog over at Elitist Book Reviews will enjoy this book. A lot of our readers (with ourselves included) like the fantasy styles of guys like Sanderson and Farland, but want it to be a tad darker. While I personally enjoy REALLY dark fantasy, SERVANT OF A DARK GOD delved deep enough into the grim to hit the right chords while not resorting to shock value like guys like Morgan often resort to.

The great thing here, is that the issues I’m seeing (and the issues I notice other people have) are easily correctable without hurting the style. The second book has a lot going for it, and I’m extremely excited to read it.

As for John looking at people’s issues with a sense of seriousness, this is something that more authors could do. Oftentimes I see authors make the same mistakes in every novel, and it makes me want to hate them. And kill them dead. And worse yet, compare them to Terry Goodkind. I have faith in you John! Keep up the good work!

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