Hi guys,
An agent I was introduced to through a friend read Vol. 1 of Darcy’s Tale and gave me the feedback below. As the author, I feel too close to it to be able to judge her comments in the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs dispassionately. I have yet to reply, as I honestly don’t know what to say besides “thanks”. I mean, obviously I would argue her points, but that’s where I’m too close to it. How well done are the published P&P companions that were written by men (there can’t be too many, based on a quick Amazon search, and none that seem to follow canon), and can we judge the correctness of her statements? And I’m a little confounded by the 3rd paragraph, altogether.
Do you guys have any thoughts? Thanks a lot,
Stan
Thank you so much for letting me see Darcy’s Tale. As a Pride & Prejudice fanatic, I had a wonderful time reading your pages. What I had was a partial, but it was enough to give me quite a lot of pleasure. Having said that, I’m afraid I cannot take this on. There are a couple of problems.
The first has nothing at all to do with the pages. I’m afraid there have been many many Austen homages, and not only do editors I spoke to seem to feel that the trend is on the wane, but they also felt that the books that do well center on a woman’s point of view. Evidently, women don’t much care what men think (And yet I always accuse members of the other sex of that very thing!). It is women’s feelings that sell.
But in addition to that, there is a problem with the book as written. I was delighted to be with the Bennets and the Bingleys once more, but what you have Mr. Darcy feel does not add much to what he already spills in the latter scenes of P&P. It’s fun to see Georgiana’s point of view, but here too there is little that is surprising. While it would be controversial to elaborate on Darcy’s thoughts in ways Austen did not cover, it would also give the novel a uniqueness it does not yet have.
I hope you do find a great agent for this. It is very well done and gave me quite a wonderful afternoon’s reading. I would be delighted to read anything you write in the future.
An agent I was introduced to through a friend read Vol. 1 of Darcy’s Tale and gave me the feedback below. As the author, I feel too close to it to be able to judge her comments in the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs dispassionately. I have yet to reply, as I honestly don’t know what to say besides “thanks”. I mean, obviously I would argue her points, but that’s where I’m too close to it. How well done are the published P&P companions that were written by men (there can’t be too many, based on a quick Amazon search, and none that seem to follow canon), and can we judge the correctness of her statements? And I’m a little confounded by the 3rd paragraph, altogether.
Do you guys have any thoughts? Thanks a lot,
Stan
Thank you so much for letting me see Darcy’s Tale. As a Pride & Prejudice fanatic, I had a wonderful time reading your pages. What I had was a partial, but it was enough to give me quite a lot of pleasure. Having said that, I’m afraid I cannot take this on. There are a couple of problems.
The first has nothing at all to do with the pages. I’m afraid there have been many many Austen homages, and not only do editors I spoke to seem to feel that the trend is on the wane, but they also felt that the books that do well center on a woman’s point of view. Evidently, women don’t much care what men think (And yet I always accuse members of the other sex of that very thing!). It is women’s feelings that sell.
But in addition to that, there is a problem with the book as written. I was delighted to be with the Bennets and the Bingleys once more, but what you have Mr. Darcy feel does not add much to what he already spills in the latter scenes of P&P. It’s fun to see Georgiana’s point of view, but here too there is little that is surprising. While it would be controversial to elaborate on Darcy’s thoughts in ways Austen did not cover, it would also give the novel a uniqueness it does not yet have.
I hope you do find a great agent for this. It is very well done and gave me quite a wonderful afternoon’s reading. I would be delighted to read anything you write in the future.