![]() I've entered it in three contests so far, two of which, Writer's Digest and Booklife, give professional critiques to all entrants. When I decided to start entering writing contests, Primogénito was the first book I wanted to put out there. Some people find it a little too slow at the beginning and others are turned off by its dark themes, but general consensus seems to be that it's a decent book. No one really hated it, but only a select few gushed over it the way I'd hoped. So I published Primogénito and reviews began to trickle in from readers and book bloggers. I assumed everyone else would love it because I assumed everyone else kept their feels in the same place I keep mine. A primary concern of mine in writing it was to hit myself in my own feels, so to speak. Primogénito doesn't exactly qualify as navel-gazing, but it is none-the-less a very personal work. Now that I've put a couple of years distance between me and those two books, I can look at them more objectively and see that Amelia's Children has more mainstream appeal. Readers, on the other hand, seem to flock to Amelia's Children while avoiding Primogénito like the plague. ![]() It's deeper, darker, and richer in detail. Primogénito just plays on my heartstrings more than Amelia's Children does. Of my first two books, Amelia's Children and Primogénito, I openly admit to having a favorite. That doesn't stop it from hurting though. You expect to get a few critical reviews when you put a book out into the world. ![]()
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