In reply to Rebecca.

Y’know, I’m a huge Stephen King fan. Except for the Dark Tower stuff, anyway, which for some reason I can’t get into. When I was trying to jump-start myself into believing I should actually write my first novel, I’d read a few pages of his work every day at breakfast.

But I get your point. I’ll try not to have aliens show up in Chapter 14. OTOH I have to tell you I have this goofy thing I often put on a 3×5 index card as a potential scene just to remind myself not to be boring. It says: “Giant Spiders Attack!”

Ahem. Coincidence, that you would mention that? Or alien mind control?

And yeah, those vertigo exercises are interesting. Fortunately Mary Anne’s doing much better, but she was going to try them if she’d needed to.

In reply to David.

Wow, my husband was in the hospital for two days with vertigo recently. Nasty thing to have and I really feel for her. The strange way to cure it is to actually make it worse, there are videos out there that show the procedure if it comes back. Something about crystals in the inner ear. His was related to high blood pressure but he’s better now.

Get a gimmick, I think I’d still enjoy your writing. Just please don’t fall into the trap of not knowing how you want the story to end so you just throw in -oh say a giant spider that lives underground and comes out dressed as a clown named Pennywise. Or a giant spider who lives in a dark tower waiting for the final confrontation with a gun slinging hero. Dumb endings are dumb endings I don’t care who ya are.

You’re welcome for the reviews. You took the time to write so it’s the least a reader can do. I’m excited by the prospect of the sequel to Shiver on the Sky and also your current in progress work.

In reply to Rebecca.

And she’s fine–just weird unexplained vertigo. Seems to be fading.

In reply to Rebecca.

Thanks! And I’ll try, but you have to realize I’m now trying to figure out a gimmick, just because. 🙂

Thanks for the second review, by the way. You’re making me want to write more–and try harder.

What I really love about your books is that your writing doesn’t feel gimmicky. You have a story to tell and you tell it and so far each one (three so far) I’ve read has stuck with me. In a good way. Doesn’t matter how you do it, just please keep doing it.

Have a great weekend and I hope your wife is feeling better.