Better Fiction: The Blog

Part Four: Though these postings are a three-day series, I am predicting five to six posts total dedicated to this book.

"I like it how they make Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow into a fairy tale, sort of, and yet they make it part of someone's real life," our expert reader, Tayna, says. She is about a hundred pages into the story, and says the last couple of chapters weren't as scary, except for Hunter's dream.

Meanwhile, the authors, the Miller brothers, are in the crazy last days of the deadline for the second book in the Codebearers series. Even so, Allan Miller says, "We are so excited to be highlighted in the CSFF blog tour. Thanks for taking your time to review our work and share it with your readers."

I have asked for some of Mr. Miller's precious time. He kindly responds, "I would love to answer your questions tonight when I'm doing some work from home later. Is that possible?"

Yes, that will work fine, but that means we will have to wait until tomorrow's blog for the answers. I hope you, "my readers", will be back to join us for the discussion. (Of course, that tomorrow is now today. If the discussion is not already posted, be sure to check back.)

I return to Tanya, asking how she would compare this novel to others she's read. "I have to admit, I don't read many books like this," she says, "but it might remind me a little bit of 'Castle in the Attic'. The main character is transported to a different world." She talks about battles and (again) the fairy-tale nature of the story.

How about "Redwall" or "Warriors"? I ask. She shrugs. Perhaps they have the violence in common. I ask her if she could compare it to a movie she's seen. She says no, but if she ever did see a movie like that, she wouldn't be able to see much of it...she'd be hiding under a jacket.

"I never thought I'd be reading a book like that, with sort of weird stuff happening."

Do you like it?

"Yeah, I do. I do."

Are you going to finish reading it?

"I already told you. I have to!"

She will not get a chance to do so until tomorrow, however. (Again, that's today, as you read this.) Hopefully, I will be able to make one final post with her thoughts, somehow squeezing it in between my twelve hours away at work and church that evening. Until then, I await a response from Mr. Miller, which will be included in either the aforementioned post or an additional one.

Discover more at the Miller Brothers' website. Or see what our other bloggers have to say:

Brandon Barr
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Melissa Carswell
Valerie Comer
Amy Cruson
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D. G. D. Davidson
Shane Deal
Jeff Draper
April Erwin
Karina Fabian
Marcus Goodyear
Todd Michael Greene
Katie Hart
Ryan Heart
Timothy Hicks
Jason Isbell
Cris Jesse
Jason Joyner
Carol Keen
Mike Lynch
Magma
Rebecca LuElla Miller
Nissa
Wade Ogletree
John W. Otte
Steve Rice
Crista Richey
Chawna Schroeder
James Somers
Rachel Starr Thomson
Steve Trower
Speculative Faith
Fred Warren
Phyllis Wheeler
Jill Williamson