I can't believe I released such a thing into the wild! So I have reeled it in. The more I think about my excerpt from Outlander Chronicles which I was showing on CreateSpace, the less I like it.
The opening paragraph is a perfect example of purple prose. Writers will know what I am talking about. For non-writers, purple prose is an attempt by a writer to be literary and profound, that comes off just being, well, clumsy and obnoxious. That's a gracious way of putting it.
I guess if you are going to write a dud, might as well do it in the opening paragraph of a 100,000 word novel, right? Best place for it, right? [Sarcasm alert. Do I really need to say that?]
Anyway, my pride has finally overtaken me, and I have taken the offending link down, deleted the preview, and am fervently hoping that anyone who has read it soon forgets that I wrote it. If you don't know what I am babbling about, see this post, although remember - I have taken down the link to the painful purple prose.
I've started a re-write of Outlander [I hate re-writing], and the offending paragraph has already been replaced [and it is not purple anymore, believe me]. One of these days, probably in 2312, I will finish the re-write, and repost the excerpt.
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Edited 5/3/2012: Rewrites were completed in November of 2011, and Outlander Chronicles: Phoenix has been published.
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