After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also houses an eccentric old man, a beautiful and troubled young woman, and an ancient family legend of a secret room hidden somewhere within the castle. This is the sequel to "Sir Gibbie" by the same author, but is quite capable of standing as a complete and compelling story in its own right. (Devorah Allen)
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No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
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All looks good except there should only be one Genre (sometimes two, but those should be rare cases). I think I would remove general fiction 1800-1900 and remove Romance (romance can easily go in the key words). Which of the others do you think is more important?
I've added the ~ to the front of the subject line, assuming you're looking for a DPL. We can sit in the Launch Pad for a little while, in hopes of snagging one.
All looks good except there should only be one Genre (sometimes two, but those should be rare cases). I think I would remove general fiction 1800-1900 and remove Romance (romance can easily go in the key words). Which of the others do you think is more important?
Back soon with a MW.
Oh, I see. I thought it could fit into more than one. There definitely are elements of Gothic story-telling (huge castle, secret chambers, eerie noises in the middle of the night), but MacDonald does quite a bit of "sermonizing," so Christian fiction is probably more apt.
I see you have all the titles filled in, so I assume you're doing OK with the MW.
So far, so good! I do have one question. I've seen word counts in all the other projects I've worked on. Is this required, or is it more of something that we include for reference so that readers know the length of what they're signing up for?
mightyfelix wrote:I've seen word counts in all the other projects I've worked on. Is this required, or is it more of something that we include for reference so that readers know the length of what they're signing up for?
Exactly. It's so the readers know what they're signing up for. Not needed on a solo!
After the first chapter you can use the optional shorter intro if you wish. Your Scottish accent was fine (though I could actually understand what you were saying).
