Angela BensonI don’t know about y’all, but the two-week Sins of the Father blog tour about wore me out. I didn’t have to leave my house but it was still tiring. While it was a lot of fun, I’m glad things are back to normal.
As a part of my normal, I’m trying to update my blog and website regularly. For that, I do periodic Google searches to see what folks are saying about me and my books on the web. Guess what I found out?
Well, Harriet at Genre Go Round Reviews characterizes Sins of the Father as soap opera. So does Cecelia at My Christian Fiction Blog, Amy at My Friend Amy, and Dera at APOOO.
I’ll bet some of you are slapping your palms against your forehead about right now, feeling sorry for me. Well, don’t feel sorry for me because each review was positive and a couple were downright glowing.
So all you opera lovers, go out and get your copy of Sins of the Father and have yourself a good ole soap opera reading party. And for those of you who don’t like soap operas, take some time and read the reviews. I’m betting there’ll be something in them that sparks your interest and makes you want to pick up a copy, too.
Oh, yes, I have a secret to share with you. When I turned in the original manuscript for Sins of the Father, my editor said it had a bit too much drama so we reshaped a few scenes and changed the backstory for a couple of characters. If you continue to be nice to me, I just may tell you what we changed.
I love a good soap opera. I stopped watching the ones on television 18 years ago, but I’ve picked them up in Brenda Jackson and Rochelle Alers and Terri Blackstock and many other books.
You know, Rhonda, I’ve never thought about it that way but I guess those long series that some authors write could be considered soap-opera-ish. Interesting.