Donan Berg Novels Lead Popular List

 A fellow author once said, the best marker of your writing ability is the length of time your novels remain popular with readers and other authors.

With that in mind, I recorded on May 12, 2021, what novels of mine were listed as most popular at www.authorsden.com. Then, today, July 28, 2021, I checked to see what novels topped their most popular rankings. (Novels are ranked in order starting with number one.) This exercise is not strictly scientific, but here are the results for Donan Berg novels only:

May 12, 2021:

Top Fantasy                    Find the Girl, A Fantasy Novel

Top Action/Thriller        Aria's Bayou Child

Top Mystery/Suspense  Into the Dark

Top Romance                Alexa's Gold

                                      Abbey Burning Love  

July 28, 2021:

Top Fantasy                    Find the Girl, A Fantasy Novel

Top Action/Thriller        Aria's Bayou Child

Top Mystery/Suspense    Into the Dark

                                        Adolph's Gold

                                        Baby Bones

                                        A Body To Bones

                                        The Bones Dance Foxtrot

Top Romance                  One Paper Heart

                                        Abbey Burning Love

                                        Alexa's Gold

As an end note, Find the Girl, A Fantasy Novel, became the top popular novel of all genres on April 16, 2021 and has remained there, that's 115 consecutive days.

Thank you all for your purchase, reading and support. If you click the below link you'll find sample chapters of all Donan Berg novels, plus writing tips, articles and short stories.

Click here to begin your own survey of  Donan Berg Novels.

 

Let the first sentence grab you

 All praise is not homegrown.

Readers, and especially critics, are blown away by a novel's first sentence.

There are classics. Think Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice. 

I ran across an introductory sentence today that impressed me so much I had to share.

In Last Light by J.N. Bake, the opening sentence reads as follows:

"Hell. As I pried my sword from his life-less body, I was sure that's where I'd be going;

that was, if I could actually die."

Doesn't that tell you a lot, yet still draw you in?  It did me. A fantasy? Or, a delusional killer?

Why chose?  You must read on.  I haven't read the entire novel, but I'm intrigued.

I went back to look at my own novels. (Proud to say that the last two have had gold medals bestowed upon them. The first a most popular www.authorsden.com novel for 93 consecutive days.)

Alexa's Gold starts with:  "'Rich men don't date exhausted women.'" Grandma's oft-repeated admonition ebbed into the minutiae of Alexa Hovey's grief."

Find the Girl, A Fantasy Novel starts with:  "Eta Dorcas pressed four fingertips into her right palm's flesh. She feared, if she looked, it could still be there."

One Paper Heart starts with: "The romantic flames of Alicia Danielson's sweet dreams flared into conscious panic."

Different genres please readers in multiple ways. For the author to gain that praise requires the reader to do one thing, i.e., read on with a sense of what comes next. That is, a fantasy, a romance, or a thriller with romantic elements.

It presents a tall order for the author. All readers may not have a critical vision when opening a novel, but below the surface there's an attraction. It benefits the author and the reader.   

Find the Girl, A Fantasy Novel wins Gold Award

 Find the Girl, A Fantasy Novel

Wins Literary Titan Gold Award

Just announced:  Find the Girl, A Fantasy Novel, has won the July 2021 Literary Titan Gold Award.

(Note, a prior blog post presented their June 25 five-star book review of Find the Girl, A Fantasy Novel.)

Literary Titan bestows its Gold Award on books found to be perfect in delivery of original content, meticulous development of unique characters in an organic and striking setting with an innovative plot that supports a fresh theme with words transformed into beautifully written prose.

Author Donan Berg was quoted as saying he was humbled and honored to be recognized by an organization of professional editors, writers, and professors with a passion for the written word.