Colin Barrett: Blog

The Monday morning armchair quarterbacks surface once more. Was there ever a time in human history without them?

This is my first-born. After more than 50 published non-fiction books (most now out of print, but a few still available) I decided to try my hand at eliminating the "non-".
I found that it's an entirely different discipline. Since writing this first effort I've subsequently done several more (all, including this one, published on Amazon for Kindle), and have become more familiar with the genre. Eden, however, required a very extensive editing process, including extensive cutting of what I later realized was over-writing.
I'm still rather proud of this first one, though, to the extent that I subsequently found the world I had created worthy of two re-visits. The novel is extremely slow-moving at the start (despite the initial drama), and takes a long while to develop so be patient. When I say it contains "minimal sex," the emphasis is very much on the word "minimal"; there's very little, and it doesn't come into play for a long time. Even so, I hope you enjoy this one (and possibly later on its sequels). Even looking at it several years after I originally wrote it, I'm still pretty proud of it.

One last short one. After you've read it, think about the premise. Can we know for sure? Isn't it possible?

Another pastiche.
Nobody ever answered my earlier question about the oddball voting, but never mind, it didn't occur the last time. Both of my previous short postings still got much lower scores than my longer one, but that's deserved; short stories, as I've said before, aren't my metiér, and I, too, don't think they're as good. Thanks for reading anyhow; we authors do like an audience. I plan to post just one more "shortie" and then another long one (multiple chapters).

Another bagatelle. Nothing serious about it, just entertainment. As I've said, I much prefer writing longer ones.
Hey, maybe somebody can answer this. I've posted twice now. And both have gone the same way. I've read others' complaints about voting, and have paid little attenttion, because votes don't really concern me. But it seems that others have had similar experiences. When I post ther are always two quick votes-both 1s. It's clear they're from somebody who didn't read the whole post, or even more than a few words. But in that case, why give a low score? I've read some true stinkers here, but if I'm not interested enough to finish, I just don't vote; why would anybody downrate a story that much without reading it? Yes, I know the low ones just wash out, but even so. If you're one of those who does it, I'd really appreciate an explanation-or a response from anyone else who understands the phenomenon.