This chilling thriller is not an easy read. Be ready to hold on tight to your sanity. Ms. Natiello stunned me with this fast paced, psychological thriller that is current, relevant, and horrifying. This is a different, and strange take on dysfunction and mans inhumanity to man.
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These facts are important to ground your reader. However, just help them get their bearings. Don’t belabor the point and fill your pages with fluff.
Give them enough information and descriptions that let the reader understand what’s happening, who, what, where and when.
To avoid boring your reader to death don’t fill in too much back-story, false starts, flashbacks or weather details. I know that’s a bit tricky for me too. However, remember a grounded, secure reader can enjoy the ride.
But don’t we all love to be lead down the path of a mystery? Too many details can kill the suspense.
Readers don’t want perfection, they prefer reality.
Too much niceness can seem artificial as Sweet-n-Low and turn off your readers.
I bet your favorite and most memorable characters were flawed and sometimes down right disagreeable.
Write characters who are engaging, interesting and filled with conflict. People who are most often warring with their own nature, or good and evil.
She typed the coordinates Mac had emailed into her smart phone. As luck would have it, the perp was an eight-hour drive from San Antonio. At least he was still in Texas, that would make things easier for her but harder for the hacker. Rachel smiled as she reached into her desk drawer and retrieved her sidearm. Kindness never killed anyone but she knew what did. She didn’t get her reputation by being nice. However, she always got her man.
This was a big surprise to me. I’m not much for walks down memory lane. However, this is a beautiful book.
I finished this book in one day. Of course I accomplished nothing else. This book brought back memories of another time, another conflict, and another young man far from home who wrote beautiful letters. The readers who just didn’t “get” One Lavender Ribbon are quite lucky, because, like the character Will, I doubt they understand war. I hope they never do.
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