I read Chuck Wendig’s 25 things that will make me keep reading your story and it made me think, I have WAAAAAYYY more things that will make me STOP reading your story (Okay, I might have overstated that, it's ony 5 things). And of course he posts about that very thing this morning. ARRRRGGH! Anyway, not to copy, but I had this idea in my head, so I’m going with it.
If I see a blurb that I like or a nice cover or get a recommendation from one of my friends, I will pick up your book and give it a fair shake. Unlike Chuck, I'm not standing in the doorway with a gun in your face waiting to not like it. If I‘ve gotten as far as cracking the cover and reading the first page I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I’ll have the gun tucked into my belt, in back under my shirt, so you can’t see it. I want to like it. But there are a few things that will make me pull that gun out and blow your face clean off!
