11-29-2004, 10:39 PM
I'm taking my wife to Lake Powell!!! What a great read. The 
thing is that I can relate to the sentiments of the author. It's almost scary how my thoughts have followed those same lines many times in the last few years.
My thoughts on publishing such a book- He would be selling to a limited portion of the population because it is a book that would only appeal to those that can relate to the story. For example I thought about taking it home for my wife to read, but I realized that she wouldn't even appreciate it and she would probably not finish it. Those would be my only concerns about publishing it, but if I had written such a believable story in such a believable context I wouldn't hesitate to publish it.
As for holes in the writing, this is not coming from a literary expert just a casual reader- I believe he left the story line of using song lyrics towards the last couple of chapters. Continuity would suggest that the story would at least end how it began. For example, relating his new attempt at involving his wife by buying a cabin in the mountains to the lyrics of some other song. I just felt that the ending was too abrupt and left me wanting a little more detail.
Besides that and a few spelling and punctuation errors, I think he has a winner.
MJ
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thing is that I can relate to the sentiments of the author. It's almost scary how my thoughts have followed those same lines many times in the last few years. My thoughts on publishing such a book- He would be selling to a limited portion of the population because it is a book that would only appeal to those that can relate to the story. For example I thought about taking it home for my wife to read, but I realized that she wouldn't even appreciate it and she would probably not finish it. Those would be my only concerns about publishing it, but if I had written such a believable story in such a believable context I wouldn't hesitate to publish it.
As for holes in the writing, this is not coming from a literary expert just a casual reader- I believe he left the story line of using song lyrics towards the last couple of chapters. Continuity would suggest that the story would at least end how it began. For example, relating his new attempt at involving his wife by buying a cabin in the mountains to the lyrics of some other song. I just felt that the ending was too abrupt and left me wanting a little more detail.
Besides that and a few spelling and punctuation errors, I think he has a winner.
MJ
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