• Skip to content
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to footer

Andy Graham Author

Author of dark fiction and fantasy, dystopia, horror.

  • News
  • About
  • Books
  • Views
  • A.R.T.
    • Advance Readers Team
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
  • Dystopian Thrillers
  • Dark Fiction Tales
  • Anthologies
  • Risen World Thrillers

It’s my house!

July 6, 2015 by andygraham Leave a Comment

A friend of mine recently made a comment about feedback from beta readers and editors:

“It’s your house, you can paint it what colour you want.”

He’s right. You can do whatever you want with your house. You can paint it in an eyecurdling mix of colours. You can fill it with a smorgasbord of cultural goulash. Go obscure, contemporary, cool, sentimental or just ‘you’. Don’t even clean it! It’s your house.

However, if you want someone to rent or buy your house, or even visit from time to time, you may want to tone it down. If you want people to do more than just poke their head round the door, choose a less deafening combination of colours. If you don’t want your visitors to suddenly remember there’s a nicer place a few doors down, batten down your eccentric urges. People complain they get lost in the corridors? Get rid of the sprawling extension.

If your tastes are a little distinct and you want people to look at, eat, listen to or even read what you are creating, remember that not everyone will appreciate your individuality.

That said, standing by your principles and having faith in what you are doing is admirable. I need to do more of it. If more people ‘walked the walk’, the world would be a better place to live in.

A few of the colour schemes clash something awful.

I’ve built my house. I’m now redecorating it. Again. There are a few draughty windows that need fixing and a couple of leaks. Some of the cracks are now showing through the wall paper.

I’ve found a builder to have a look at it and make suggestions. Hopefully, I’ll soon be able to open the doors to the public. Hopefully, that public will want to come back, with their friends.




Web Hosting

Filed Under: English, Uncategorized, Writing

Last past the post.

  • The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
  • The Twelve by Justin Cronin
  • The Passage by Justin Cronin
  • The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French
  • ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
  • Kormak – The Short Stories by William King
  • The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • The Elder Ice by David Hambling
  • I Was a Teenage Weredeer by C.T. Phipps and M. Suttkus
  • One Book Interview #56 – The Return of CJ Harter (Author)
  • One Book Interview #55 – Allan Batchelder (Author)
  • One Book Interview #54 – Guy Bennett (Songwriter)
  • One Book Interview #53 – Richard Writhen (Author)
  • One Book Interview #52 – Anna Smith Spark (Author)
  • One Book Interview #51 – Andy Peloquin (Author)
  • Fitful Head by CJ Harter
  • One Book Interview #50 – David Hambling (Author)
  • One Book Interview #49 – Jesse Teller (Author)
  • One Book Interview #48 – A.M. Justice (Author)
  • One Book Interview #47 – David J. West (Author)

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Footer

The Social Thing

Facebook
Twitter
Follow
INSTAGRAM

Contact me

Copyright © 2019 · Author Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.OkNoRead more
Revoke Cookies