Today, Christmas Day, To Honor You Call Us got its 31st positive review from an Amazon.com customer, which was also its 23rd five-star review (there are 7 four star and one three--and even the three star is extremely complimentary). There is only one word to describe my reaction (speaking only for myself here, not for Harvey), to the customer reviews we have been getting on Amazon: stunned. A few people have a few quibbles, but other than that, the reviewers have been very positive and almost all say they are eager to read further books in the series.
What particularly surprises me is the number of people who say that this is one of the best books of this kind they have ever read. Remember, we have not published so much as a short story. Between us, we've published a Law Review Note, some judicial opinions, lots of legal briefs, editorials for a college newspaper, and some movie reviews. Not one word of fiction. Not. One. Word. Making a decision to spend a few months writing a novel with such a profusion of inexperience behind us was a tremendous leap of faith (not to mention a rational acquiescence to our wives who were adamant that we had the talent to do this and that we sit down and start to write that very minute).
So, with this novel we chose to boldly go where these men had never gone before. Hmmm. Something about that has a familiar ring. Hmmmm. The reviews have been creating the sales and the sales have been good. There is nothing to do but keep writing and to try to make the second novel better than the first.
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