rate_review Reviews

i probably wouldn't stop reading because i love your story.. but holy crap, i'd be so disappointed. claudius is definitely my favorite character and i adore his relationship with sex.

if you have to kill someone off as an itch, kill off vladimir, the annoying third wheel... ;) erm, more like tenth wheel? i can't keep track. obviously i've no idea where you plan to take the story, but i personally, highly suggest you keep claudius, i get the impression that most of your readers are big fans of his judging by reviews. and i agree with the other comments about him holding people together- even with his faults and all, more than not he's the glue that ties everyone together, or the protector who keeps pissed off vamps/other creatures from killing one another.

I'm not lying when I say that's believable. It sounds perfectly logical to me.

If One could get reviews. I'd certainly leave shout outs or at least say thanksfor the reviews but I suppose I haven't inspired anyone to review on my latest story. Ah well..at least the hits are there..

You? Beg? Please! Just give your word, and the Loyals will flock to whatever it is you're asking us to do.

I mean, we ARE your Loyals right? I'm not sure about the whole jump-in-front-of-a-bullet-for-their-Lord thing, but we'll pretty much do anything for you.

(And if it can help you get published, hell yeah, we're in!)

Oh, and one way to motivate us to vote and such? (Give us rewards! Yes rewards! Like.. if you win a certain contest.. in return, we get... oh maybe the Loyals should gather and have a vote on that one.)

CONGRATULATIONS!

Thank you for answering the question. I went only through primer genetics 101. Who cares, if 'C' went against biology - it's your universe. You say it works this way - it works and that's it. Go on!

I think you made a slight mathematical error..

"In 1747 he meets Marcus for the first time as a seven year old sex toy also known as the third son.."

If that's correct, Marcus was born in 1740. However...

"He had no intention of turning the broken little boy but by the time Marcus was 26, he had asked to join the ranks of the Vampire. Claudius officially got a son in 1763."

Which means, in 1763, Marcus was 23. You mentioned he was 26 though.

I hope I don't irritate you by always picking at mistakes. .. I'm a terrible person, I know.

However, I love all your work.. and I do hope your manuscript gets accepted next time!

(Good luck!)

Thank you very much for answering my questions. I found the answers satisfying and don't loger have a problem with Sex calling him Sasha but I still want a baby-fang-Alexander; maybe it could be a chance to clean the name for Claudius by giving it to a truly beloved and pure creature - Claudia's and X's baby - and thus turn it back to good, which wouldn't exist wirhout Alexander/Claudius. Claudius, come thus far in his personal character evolution, can advise and (help) rise the little one well. He couldn't, if he had an ordinary life. It would be pain - the difficulty of being reminded everyday, but Claudius, being strong, can bear it and he would never forget what he doesn't want the little one to become. In the end, maybe, he could heal a little more.

A minor character - he has never been that. Never make a minor character hot and sexy :-) I love Claudius!

Wow, that Rejection letter was gentle to say the least. (Perhaps I was expecting a slaughter! LOL NO offense to your work by the way.)

I liked the fact that they gave you direction as to why it may not work for them. It's better than they just flat out rejecting you simply because they, "can't" take it at the moment.

Thank you for posting that by the way! I've been thinking of one day putting some of my work up for the "butchers." Both your letter and that of the publisher are a great way to get some insight.

Don't worry girl, you'll get your stuff done. If all else fails, you can always gather enough cash to self-publish.

Adara Giovanni

CHAPTER 11
Hi, kiix,
I am not surprised that they rejected the manuscript. 'Cake' is too good for them, hehe. I am serious! Sure, I don't know much about publishing business. Never submitted any works to be published. Exept...
I did send a short poem to one of the teens magazines - years ago, when I was a teenager. They published it. The poem was sort of neutral, about apple blossoms. Teen drivel, nothing controversial. It consisted total of sixteen lines (or verses), grouped as 4x4. They published it but cut out four lines from the block 3, so to speak. So it could fit their artwork better, that's what I thought. It was a spur of a moment deal and I don't write poetry at all.

But I do beleive that oficially published works have to submit to numerous rules. There is no author's freedom in a published world. Every publishing company has a sertain type of writing they accept. Many times talent doesn't come into play. Take romance novels, for example. Horrible, mediocre, stiff and stupid! But they are published and people are getting payed for it. It's a business, it's all about money.

I like this self-published stuff from AFF and other sites because it is much SUPERIOUR to the officialy published. It is fresh and original. Sure, most works here could use a professional editor. But I overlook that in favour of original plot etc.

Cake is REALLY GOOD. That is a powerful, quality read. It is BETTER than other vampire read I can get from Barnes and Nobles. Those books are mostly geared towards teen audience, unfortunately. I am an adult and sertainly want more than that. But it is NC-17, so they won't touch it. If you even get to the point when a publishing company wants your work, they will assighn an editor to that. That editor will take a red pen to your baby and will make you essentially rewrite the story. That is my guess, of course. What do I know.

Have you tried to submit your cool story to SuperKiix, ltd? That publishing company might be new, but they are progressive, hehe. That was a joke! But seriously, are there alternative ways the story can be published? You can hire a professional free-lance editor to fix grammar only and give you editorial review on contents (without changing them, yeah).

P.S. I would like to buy a copy of Cake when you'll publish it! Let us know about it:)

The Rejection Letter

Wow!

That was actually a sweet/kind rejection letter.
(I guess all those people with guns out there have
made even publishers more aware that people have feelings!)

My last rejection letter read,

R,

"You were not accepted, try again after August 1st, 2007."

Dean of blah blah blah...

It was the emptiest, blankest, piece
of paper to ever come through the US Postal Service!

Yours was so well composed and thought out--just how
you would expect a caring writer to reject something.

Well, don't dwell! We love you!!!

Thanks for letting us into your creative process!

R