Matt Bracken, I have a couple of questions

[Travis McGee]

I accept your take on extended slide stops etc, my thinking was that Ranya has a smaller woman's hand, and being a bike rider she has to be able to shoot either handed. IOW, any devices to make reloading easier would be a benefit to her. But of course, that's all a matter of opinion and taste. I could have just given her a Glock or a revolver, but I wanted to make the connection to her gunsmith father, so that was a reason to do a little customizing on her 1911.

You have no idea how grateful I am every time a typo or error is found and relayed to me! This is the best help I can receive, in order to strengthen the present book in the future million-selling edition.

As far as the sequel, I welcome any general discussion of the strong and weak thematic/character points of EFAD, in order to help me to make the coming Domestic Enemies the best possible novel. I would just ask that we don't post "spoilers" about the ending of EFAD on these threads.

If anyone wants to discuss the theme of EFAD, the ending and so on, maybe we can start a thread with a "spoiler warning" in the title. I'm still very open to input for ideas High Roaders would like to see incorporated into Domestic Enemies.

Matt

 

[The Real Hawkeye]

That makes sense re the extended slide stop. Hadn't thought of that.

 

[P95Carry]

I think Matt deseves a big " atta boy!!" for doing as well as he did.

Agreed, 100%!

I spot typo's every time .. but that's usually in the work of others!! Thinking about it .. a handful of typo's in what? 100,000 words .. whatever ..... I'll live with that!

 

[Correia]

Matt, I think you should start that thread for critique and commentary. Having it posted under your name would gather the most attention.

I really enjoyed your book. I did not catch any of the typos because I read the book in one evening and the next morning.

Some people like extended slide stops. Personally I don't but hey that is fine. I know some great shooters that use them.

I liked the characters. It was obvious that the author is familiar with the gun culture because I recognized many of the characters as people that I know.

 

[Travis McGee]

Correia: I think I'll do that, start a fresh critique thread on what folks liked and didn't like about EFAD, and ways to make Domestic Enemies fire on all cylinders.

Matt

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Let me just chime in on what a GREAT book this is.S O Laban loaned me his copy but I have since ordered one for myself and one for a buddy.Bravo Zulus Matt.Best Regards,Paul

 

[garrettwc]

It's incredible how I could read and re-read every chapter 20 times, and not "see" all of these typos! Not to mention my dozen or so volunteer proofreaders who went through each chapter as I finished them. Oh well, live and learn.

Matt, don't be so hard on yourself.

I remember reading an article a few years ago on reading/proofreading.

According to the author, your brain corrects the errors your eyes see so you don't always notice them. Re-reading the same passage repeatedly magnifies the effect. In the days before spell check and desktop publishing, newspaper editors used to read their copy backwards to break up the process.

 

[Travis McGee]

garrettwc:
I totally believe that. Before publishing EFAD, I thought that by being super careful and "maticulous" I could catch all of the errors. Ha! How far from the truth that is. And I believe there is merit in proofreading a book backwards, page by page, to break up the story.

 

[Travis McGee]

Shanghai McCoy: Thanks for the compliments, I really appreciate them, and I'm glad to see that the book is "making the rounds" on the recommendation of friends.

And I'd like to mention that if anyone wants those postcard sized EFAD covers to post up at their local range, just shoot me an email a [email protected].

Matt

 

[guyrichards]

hi matt,
is this book available in a pdf format or ebook format for download?? obviously at a cost.

thanks

guy

 

[Travis McGee]

Guy Richards:
Not yet, I'm still a primitive. Just the dead tree book version so far.

But you can read the first 20 chapters on the website, and get the full flavor and political point.
Matt

 

[mountainclmbr]

EFAD was a great read. Best book in the last year.

Knot being two anla I didtn notiec the typos. But I kant reed two gud!

 

[Travis McGee]

Mountainclmbr:
Thanks! I just hope that you've read more than one book in the last year!
Matt