I shouldn't have let that review get to me. People are going to think what they want, it's no big deal. Part of the whole reason I did epublishing was to let people see my work. It's out there now. Some people won't like it or get it. I need to accept that.
I'm moving on and continuing to work on my craft. I had a conversation with a friend on fourth of July about my writing, about my experience so far with self publishing. My friend said that maybe my writing just isn't where it should be yet and I really disagree. I don't mean to use someone else's work as a ruler to judge my own, but I've looked at a lot of novels. Many of them in the urban fantasy genre--and I really think this book could sell. Maybe not a whole lot, not a blow away success, but it would be cool to reach a few people. I remember when I was a kid looking for cool sci-fi or fantasy books, and when I finally found that one that I liked, it really meant a lot to me. I want to give that to someone.
I'm thinking about looking at Bear Wolf again today, my sci-fi retelling of Beowulf. I'm really having a hell of a time with it. I guess it's because I feel like setting out to retell an existing story limits my creativity a little. Not much mind you, I'm trying to focus on creating original fiction rather telling some other person's story. Just trying to throw in some subtle nods to the myth. Hopefully nothing that will beat you over the head with the premise. If that doesn't pan out, I'll head over to my Lost Lamb chapter. I need to get some writing done today.
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