Too Much Of A Good Thing
Leave it to Harriet Klausner to highlight one of my fears…
I was looking at Bad Boys in Kilts by Donna Kauffman on the B&N website. Cute cover. I like Donna’s writing. Very excited about this book.
Klausner gave Bad Boys in Kilts 5 stars and a great review. But, the last line of the review said:
These three well-written contemporary interactive novellas star fun lead couples falling in love though in some ways the tales appear too similar with one another.
Not sure what to think about this. The novellas are connected, so I would expect some common scenes and characters. But this suggests that the plots are the same. Enter my fear. I have two Bad Boy single author anthologies coming out (only one is actually written). While writing the individual novellas for Viva Las Bad Boys, I worried about having the stories sound too similar. That the heroines might be too much alike. That the plots could blend. Blah, blah, blah… Just as I wrestle that demon to the ground, hand the thing in and wait patiently for copy edits to arrive, I see this. Great - now I can worry all over again.
January 26th, 2006 at 9:52 am
Don’t worry, HK! This is Harriet Klausner’s opinion…there’s a very good chance she’s attributing it to the wrong book. LOL I read another anthology book by Donna Kauffman and they were vagually similar and I think that’s her style and intent when she’s writing about brothers, etc. They were still good stories!
January 26th, 2006 at 10:09 am
Totally off the topic….Frey is on Oprah today. I’m assuming that he is going to defend his book. If I cared just a little bit more, I might tape it. He wouldn’t be the first people to change his history for an audience.
As for Harriet Klausner, I wouldn’t worry either. Instead, l’d follow Pbwriter’s advice when it comes to any reviews and reviewers.
January 26th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
HelenKay,
You’re allowed to obsess about something like this for twenty minutes, max, then move on, girl.
Cindy
(who should talk).