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[erastes]

For Mere Mortals

Queer Magazine Online gives it a hearty thumbs up, saying

'Mere Mortals' is a powerfully moving saga which carries its characters down many different paths, leaving clues for the reader to snatch up in its wake. The story begins at a slow, deliberate pace and builds in speed until it bursts at the seams with the revelation of the truth. It's a great story, written in true gothic style which keeps you guessing until the end.

http://www.queermagazineonline.com/Book-Reviews/mere-mortals-by-erastes-at-lethe-press.html

Which is great – if I can sustain the mystery like that, I've done it right. Phew.

and the reviews at Good Reads are uniformly good, it's a little disquieting—but I suppose that it's the people who like my work who buy the book first, so good reviews are inevitable early on!  I'm very grateful, anyway. I don't know if other authors are like this (pathetic and fearing the worst).

Comments

[aigooism.livejournal.com]

I'll have to read it one of these days! But guh, so busy.

Still, yay for the good review! <3333

[essayel.livejournal.com]

It's a brill story, and yes, your fans are the people who will buy it first and review it, and yes, OMG yes to pathetic and needy and hating oneself for being so and trying to ignore it and be a grownup and - familiar picture? But that's not a bad thing. Surely if someone really loves and cares and worries about their work that must show in it? And so would smug self confident "I can do no wrong"ness, I'd have thought.

I have ordered paperback MM and plan to pester you to write something rude in it at the July Meet. The big drawback of ebooks, no author signatures.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and glad it's not just me. Was blaming the chest infection for thoughts of doom.

will be more than happy to write something very rude for you. LOL.

[essayel.livejournal.com]

Gah chest infection!! That would certainly help with the Thoughts of Doom. You take care of yourself. I escaped one of those, I think, but I'm still wheezing like a leaky airbed. This bug, whatever it is is fierce.

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

I'm definitely like that too. Am feeling a bit miffed as I ordered it from Amazon UK last week, and they seem to be shipping it from the USA anyway - delivery date in May!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

oh good lord! I'm sorry about that!

[alex-beecroft.livejournal.com]

Well, it's Amazon I'm miffed with, not you!

[vashtan.livejournal.com]

I didn't doubt it, but I'm happy the rest of the world agrees with me. :)

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

At the risk of saying, "I told you so!"...I told you so.

[aishabintjamil.livejournal.com]

I think the self-doubt is universal. Someone on an on-line writing community recently posted a link to a post by Neil Gaiman about his doubts. Apparently every time he hits the middle of a book he has an attack of them, calls his editor, and tells her he thinks it's crap and he should probably just scrap it.

So at least we're in good company in worrying. :-)

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on an excellent review.