Comments on: Soul Thief: Chapter Eight

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:35:20 +0000

The answers are coming, Brenton. But not for a while. You’ll have to go through a bottle of antacid first.

By: Brenton

Brenton — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:19:54 +0000

Feds, hunters, monsters, clairvoyants, evil fathers, who is going to get to who first? Feel like a rubber band is being slowly pulled back and it will eventually snap and let loose with all of the answers.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:14:12 +0000

Thanks for reading, Jason. DaVinci Code meets Firestarter. I like that.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:12:35 +0000

Hey, Kymm, thanks again for your comments. I have fashioned the novel in four parts and we haven’t even reached the end of Part One yet. Simultaneously building story and suspense are what I like to do, and then I like to blindside the reader with twists galore. Hope it works out the way I want it to.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:08:33 +0000

Hey, Sean, that was weird that King never finished The Plant after charging a buck a chapter. There were rumors that the response scared him and he just decided that he did not want to interact with fans on the web. Silly isn’t it that fans could scare the king of horror. The truth is, his success has caused him to isolate himself from the world at large. Years ago he stopped going to conventions and then he stopped doing signings. What a terrible fate. Just him, his money and his fears. Sounds like the makings of a particularly bad Stephen King story.

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:06:07 +0000

I like the many themes this story is taking, DaVinci Code meets Firestarter. Keep up the good work!!

By: kymm

kymm — Mon, 31 May 2010 15:53:20 +0000

HI Mark…… nice background information chapter about Doug. The connections are building up so nicely. It does seem like a long build-up but in reality when all put together – it really is not in reading it in one sitting. There is also the plus that readers such as myself will want the book – even though we have been reading each week – to be able to read it in one hit.
It is a really good read and I look forward to the next chapter.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 28 May 2010 21:15:25 +0000

The suspense is the best and worst part… I remember how rewarding and frustrating serial novels are from when King did that with “The Plant” online, and later when he did it with “The Green Mile”… but in the case of “The Plant”, he never finished it- and for a story he was charging $1 per Chapter, it really wasn’t cool to do that to readers.
As always, looking forward to your next… chapter AND work.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:16:49 +0000

It is a long buildup, Sean. Maybe too long in the context of a serial novel where you have to wait a week for the next tidbit. But it’s an experiment and only time will tell. Thanks for staying with it.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 28 May 2010 11:12:31 +0000

This is a long build-up… I’m beginning to see some of the pieces and the ways they may (or may not) interlock. I look forward to your next chapter…