DennisT wrote a review of The Six Spires of Egtor



Vanessa  I have read all your stuff on Lulu and Storiesonline. I do like your stories. I think you write very well and they are interesting. I am less sure I like the whole transvestite thing with Eric. This story has not progressed for eons, much like most of the stories. I read this ages ago and not a step farther. Nothing new for ages.  I would love to see some progress,  In fact I thought you were dead its been so long since anything has happened.  You no longer have a blog and there is no place for communication.  Please continue. Also having stuff up then down is discomforting.  I have read most of it twice. Lots of great ideas.

1) Lulu
Lulu is a self publishing site and costs a lot of money on my part, with little or no additional readers. This is why I have more or less abandonend Lulu. Also I am about to be published.

2) Stories On Line
I had to delete my stories on SOL because this was part of the publishing deal. No stories posted for free on Third party sites.

<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">3) The whole transvestite thing
<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eric's story is more than a transvestite story. It is a metaphysical part of the story and his journey to become the Dark One. Also I wanted to create a story where LGBT issues are simply part of the character and not some sleazy sex story or some sad sob story. The gender issue is important to me and it is front and center in recent social developments, both good and bad.

<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">If you do not like these elements, I have other stories without it.

<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">4) No progress
<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">I had a stroke, that paralyzed my body on the right side, from my throat to my legs. I could not talk, could not write or type. It took me many month to regain my ability to speak, even longer to just write my name. This curbed my ability to write and publish stories. Sorry about that

<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">5) The Blog
<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">The stroke was the reason for me not updating my blog lately

<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">6) Place of Communications
<span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">There was and is fictionpress.com whic features a Personal message feature. There is this Wiki where you can reach me. Now there is Inkitt. and you can always reach me using my email or my Facebook page. I am also on Twitter.

7) News and progress
My first book is officially published both as Epub on Amazon and as Hardcover in February, 2017 (check it Goodreads)

I thank you for your long patronage and loyality. Your comments, critiques and messages are always cherished and welcome

Vanessa Ravencroft