Making Some Changes

So when you are writing a book or anything for that matter you often come across things you don't like or that you fear will pose a problem with your readers. The tough thing is that in the moment sometimes the brain does not offer up any alternatives. I worried about a couple of things in Mermentau: the names being too difficult and if referring to the group of teens as children seemed out of place. I can see that both of these topics are coming up in those that have read the story. For those of you that have only read the teaser offered to your right, this hasn't even entered the manuscript yet.

I have made or am making some changes to improve those two points of the story. The names will mostly remain the same, but the spelling and ease of reading will improve. I will also eliminate like names to help keep things straight. The deeper meaning of the names was too difficult to part with at this time so hopefully the simplified spelling will make them easier to pass over. Also, they will rarely be referred to as "the children" accept by one character and she explains why.

This is why critique is so powerful. When more than one person says the same thing, it probably means there is a problem.