Post by Tricia on Jul 1, 2007 15:57:18 GMT -6
All--
In my never-ending search for Custer fiction, I was quite happy to meet author Nick Dramis at the CBHMA synopsis. He's just published Blue Coats For Custer, and as a fellow writer and erstwhile author, I've got to admire a guy who can tell a story and follow it through ... but ...
There are some folks who, when they self-publish, spend endless days editing their works, and some of these books cannot be told apart from those released by a major publisher. Unfortunately, this is one of those other missives ... the reading is a bit tough, but perhaps worth a Custerphile's time and--sadly--effort.
The plot--which I still haven't discovered at page 34 seems to follow a young man who is hired by Pinkerton's and will, eventually become GAC's bodyguard ... didn't know he had one! Does this have any truth to it? You'd think that with the name Custer in the title, he'd be a protagonist, but he seems a bit of a cookie cutter Boy General--there is little emotional attachment to the portrayal of his character. Nick's writing can improve significantly with just a little work ... but bravo to him putting this together.
In addition, every line of dialogue is tagged by a "he said," when there are only two folks in the room. This kind of stuff can be easily changed by attaching actions to dialogue, hence following the character's conversation.
Other characters are kind of paper-thin, we see Captain Weir and Myles Keogh but don't really meet them. Once again, this can be helped with a better presentation of the emotions and humanity of the soldiers ... some transitions are a bit troublesome and the paragraphing is a bit of a problem.
But take a chance, folks. It's always great to see another fictional whack at GAC and the book won't disapoint even the most devoted Custerphile. I'd love to see what you think: it's only 14.95--he sold it to me for $10.00 and may be avaliable through Amazon.
So, Nick ... welcome to the world of book reviews! Thanks for your significant efforts and I hope we'll see more and growth as a novelist!
--t.
In my never-ending search for Custer fiction, I was quite happy to meet author Nick Dramis at the CBHMA synopsis. He's just published Blue Coats For Custer, and as a fellow writer and erstwhile author, I've got to admire a guy who can tell a story and follow it through ... but ...
There are some folks who, when they self-publish, spend endless days editing their works, and some of these books cannot be told apart from those released by a major publisher. Unfortunately, this is one of those other missives ... the reading is a bit tough, but perhaps worth a Custerphile's time and--sadly--effort.
The plot--which I still haven't discovered at page 34 seems to follow a young man who is hired by Pinkerton's and will, eventually become GAC's bodyguard ... didn't know he had one! Does this have any truth to it? You'd think that with the name Custer in the title, he'd be a protagonist, but he seems a bit of a cookie cutter Boy General--there is little emotional attachment to the portrayal of his character. Nick's writing can improve significantly with just a little work ... but bravo to him putting this together.
In addition, every line of dialogue is tagged by a "he said," when there are only two folks in the room. This kind of stuff can be easily changed by attaching actions to dialogue, hence following the character's conversation.
Other characters are kind of paper-thin, we see Captain Weir and Myles Keogh but don't really meet them. Once again, this can be helped with a better presentation of the emotions and humanity of the soldiers ... some transitions are a bit troublesome and the paragraphing is a bit of a problem.
But take a chance, folks. It's always great to see another fictional whack at GAC and the book won't disapoint even the most devoted Custerphile. I'd love to see what you think: it's only 14.95--he sold it to me for $10.00 and may be avaliable through Amazon.
So, Nick ... welcome to the world of book reviews! Thanks for your significant efforts and I hope we'll see more and growth as a novelist!
--t.