July 2010
NEWS
COUNTERPOINT: DYLAN'S STORY
The wait is over. It's here at last.
Now available in paperback and ebook at http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/. Available now at Amazon.com.
The first official review has been received already, at Jessewave's blog. The reviewer was none other than the great Victor J. Banis, one of the icons of gay literature. Read the entire review at http://www.reviewsbyjessewave.com/?p=25651.
Excerpts from Victor's review:
"Sir Francis Bacon said, 'Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.' I might have put it that there are books, and good books, and there is art. Ruth Sims' Counterpoint is art and well worth your making a meal of it, a delicious repast indeed for a reader with a romantic soul, a feast for the senses.
The characters are just right. There are no cardboard figures among them, they are all flesh and blood people, and notwithstanding the complications of the plot, the events that befall them spring from their own virtues and, most especially, their flaws. There are times when the protagonist is so exasperating one wants to hit him on the head with a fry-pan, while at the same time, you feel compelled to root him on. Laurence is likewise presented in full dimension, failings as well as virtues, but even the most minor characters, those with nothing more than a "walk-on," come across as real people with lives of their own." |
There's much more to the review, of course. Some of it makes me blush with modesty. (False modesty, but still…) He does a splendid job of summarizing the story without spoilers, and this isn't an easy book to do that way. And unlike many reviewers, he uses excerpts from the story itself. It's not only a wonderful review (5 stars!) but a wonderfully written review.
When -- if --you buy and read Counterpoint: Dylan's Story, please drop me a line and let me know if you enjoyed it. It means more than you know for an author to hear from a reader.
There's a long interview with me in which you can find out everything you never wanted to know, at Speak Its Name:
http://speakitsname.com/2010/06/18/author-interview-ruth-sims/
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Untreed Reads has a third story available now: Burma Girl, about a rich man's obsession and a daughter's revenge. http://www.untreedreads.com/?s=ruth+sims
They will be publishing a fourth story very soon: Song on the Sand. It's a story that I hope will move you, and it was inspired by my love for the musical play La Cage aux Folles, and especially the song entitled "Song on the Sand." Be sure to watch for the story's publication!
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