Well said. Very well said. As a reader I want to remember your characters too. If I don’t then it defeats the purpose.

You’re welcome Kimberly, your BLOG posts have been a delight to read – and you’ve touched on some topics I have ranted to myself on a daily basis. It’s nice to see an author being honest. Blurbs are the only thing we readers have to go on – so it’s only fair we get an honest portrayal of what the story holds.

I always try in my writing to make my characters as real and three-dimensional on the page as they are in my head. I want my readers to remember them long after they’ve read the last word and to be able to imagine them living outside the story.

With regard to blurbs, it’s often harder to write a blurb than it is to write the story, at least for me. I guess brevity isn’t one of my strenghts. *g* And I can certainly identify with the frustration of being drawn in by a clever and well written blurb only to later be disappointed by the story itself.

I think that we, the writers of those blurbs, sometimes forget that they aren’t just marketing tools but promises to our readers. And promises are made to be kept. Thank you for that valuable reminder.

Don’t promise something in your blurb, and cheat you reader. Too many of my favourite authors have just disappointed me lately with their stories. I’m not going to pick on them; just deliver what you promise.

Keepers: Chris Owens – Adagio and Julia Talbot’s – Perfect
Movies: Lord of the Ring Trilogy and I am Sam

Then tell me what I can do as an author to make you care.

Make your characters real, make them connect to your readers. Don’t make them one dimensional or stereotypical. Write with your own ideas, and originality. Show effort.