Actually, some of my most loyal readers are men, Strife. The main characters who are male and the main characters who are female usually get about equal time in each of my books. I don't write for any specific age or sex. (Occasionally I do hear from a male reader that they would like more blood and gore. There I have to disappoint them. It only goes in where I think it's necessary to the plot.)
I'll enter you in the drawing, and if you win, you and your sister can decide between you whether it's something you want to read. Which book is she reading now?
JDP, you can comment on anything in this thread at anytime.
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I think the worst reaction you can get from a test reader is a polite smile followed by, 'It's wonderful - I wouldn't change a thing.'
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My husband, who is my first reader simply because he's conveniently on hand, always limits his asssessment to, "Good. Where's the rest?" Occasionally he'll point out a typo, or ask me a question, or make a prediction about what is going to happen. So I never know if he's just being tactful because he has to live with me. Not until a few years later when he rereads the book. Then I figure, if he's reading it again he must have liked it. Too late for me to make any changes if he didn't.