Comments on: Book Review: Worst Nightmares http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/reviews/book-review-worst-nightmares/ From Modern Mythcraft to Magical Surrealism Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Johnston http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/reviews/book-review-worst-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-14713 Mike Johnston Thu, 13 May 2010 03:56:20 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=4171#comment-14713 Video interview with Shane Briant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axhiBypGej4 Video interview with Shane Briant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axhiBypGej4

]]> By: Dagmara http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/reviews/book-review-worst-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-14047 Dagmara Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:59:33 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=4171#comment-14047 Hi Mr. Briant, I was just wondering when you are expecting the sequel to come out, is there a date set yet? I'm just dying to read the sequel! Hi Mr. Briant, I was just wondering when you are expecting the sequel to come out, is there a date set yet? I’m just dying to read the sequel!

]]> By: Shane Briant http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/reviews/book-review-worst-nightmares/comment-page-1/#comment-13802 Shane Briant Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:55:50 +0000 http://www.darkfantasy.org/fantasy/?p=4171#comment-13802 Dear Donald, I'm disappointed you didn't like my novel. But there you are. Never mind. And it IS my debut novel in the USA. I have had all my first 5 books published in Australia, but this is my first in America. so my publisher, Vanguard, decided to 'introduce' me to the American public. Dermot Nolan is certainly a flawed character. Much the same as Dorian Gray was. Basically he is a good man, tested to a degree I wouldn't to a degree I wouldn't like to be tested myself. As for his behavior regarding Neela. Yes, married people have terrible arguments. I know I often get angry with my wife, and I always regret it. She gets angry with me also. But if I felt I was about to lose EVERYTHING, I too might make the wrong decisions: behave badly. That is what the story is all about. A basically good man being severely tested - how would he react? It's one of the oldest premises in literature. Forget the 'writer's block' - that simply a well worn device! Also, if you read carefully, he doesn't over spend (fancy car/clothes/house) nor live beyond his means. Not compared to most best selling authors (not me!). Nor is he vain - he simply loves being a writer so much he cannot envisage not being one in the future so he makes a few (not so terrible) initial choices and soon is locked into a domino effect where he even has to lie to his adored wife. You may be right; Dermot is a schmuck. But how many of us would lie initially if not doing so would result in penury? And finally, the end? Well, not all literature is nicely tied up. But we do know what happens, effectively (Unless you only read the advance readers copy- which was changed in the hardback) I wrote the end so people who enjoyed the book would look forward to the sequel. This starts off from the final page. So, I thank you for your comments. Really. But I always like to put myself in the situation of my protagonist and ask myself...what might I have done? And... would I have done as he did? Most likely, yes. I am a schmuck too, maybe. I am weak, maybe. But Dermot redeems himself in the sequel - that was my whole point. I am not in this biz for the short term. Best wishes, Shane Dear Donald,
I’m disappointed you didn’t like my novel. But there you are. Never mind. And it IS my debut novel in the USA. I have had all my first 5 books published in Australia, but this is my first in America. so my publisher, Vanguard, decided to ‘introduce’ me to the American public.
Dermot Nolan is certainly a flawed character. Much the same as Dorian Gray was. Basically he is a good man, tested to a degree I wouldn’t to a degree I wouldn’t like to be tested myself. As for his behavior regarding Neela. Yes, married people have terrible arguments. I know I often get angry with my wife, and I always regret it. She gets angry with me also. But if I felt I was about to lose EVERYTHING, I too might make the wrong decisions: behave badly. That is what the story is all about. A basically good man being severely tested – how would he react? It’s one of the oldest premises in literature. Forget the ‘writer’s block’ – that simply a well worn device! Also, if you read carefully, he doesn’t over spend (fancy car/clothes/house) nor live beyond his means. Not compared to most best selling authors (not me!). Nor is he vain – he simply loves being a writer so much he cannot envisage not being one in the future so he makes a few (not so terrible) initial choices and soon is locked into a domino effect where he even has to lie to his adored wife. You may be right; Dermot is a schmuck. But how many of us would lie initially if not doing so would result in penury? And finally, the end? Well, not all literature is nicely tied up. But we do know what happens, effectively (Unless you only read the advance readers copy- which was changed in the hardback) I wrote the end so people who enjoyed the book would look forward to the sequel. This starts off from the final page. So, I thank you for your comments. Really. But I always like to put myself in the situation of my protagonist and ask myself…what might I have done? And… would I have done as he did? Most likely, yes. I am a schmuck too, maybe. I am weak, maybe. But Dermot redeems himself in the sequel – that was my whole point. I am not in this biz for the short term. Best wishes, Shane

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