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The new cover for "Dr. Zimm's" was created by
MKT Creative Designs, in Denver.
mailto:MKT.CreativeDesigns@gmail.com
These guys are brilliant, and you wouldn't believe the deal they gave me on this cover. If you need a cover artist, I recomend them highly.

Thanks to everyone who, with their crit and support, helped me shape "StarFire," which went to Amazon Kindle in November, and is selling very well indeed. For any of you who are thinking the real benifit of working here at Authonomy happens when you get to the editor's desk, let me correct you. "StarFire" was the second book I got very positive suggestions on here, and both books were vastly improved by the crit offered by members. Use this site (cautiously!) to help shape your work, and you will sell more books, whether Harper Collins ever looks at it or not.

Please keep in mind before you message me for a read, my crits are not designed to make you feel good or encourage you. If you ask for a crit (or if I just get interested in your work, and do one without you asking) it will be my suggestions to improve the work. Maybe they won't be helpful to you, or maybe it will hurt your feelings... but it will be my best effort to tell you what strikes me as areas that could be improved to increase the marketability of the story (not that I won't tell you what's good or what I like, also, but really, what sometimes improves work is pointing out flaws, not pats on the back, right?) I know "STARFIRE" got MUCH better due to the input of folks here, and it was the crit that helped, not the flattery. My concern, frankly, is with selling books, not "art" or literary gymnastics.

Since all messages sent through this site are public, if you have something to say to me that you prefer to say privately, I can be reached at MikeLeeStories@gmail.com

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Dr. Zimm's Elixir

Mike Lee

When Dr. Thadeus Zimm developed a way to extract information from the newly deceased, he changed the world of criminal investigation forever. And more...


The Zimm Industries Z-pack , developed by the renowned genius Dr. Thadeus Zimm, allows a short window of communication with the newly deceased. Properly applied, Dr. Zimm's concoction allows Specialists to interview the victims of violent crime. One such Deceased Victims and Witnesses Interview Specialist, Matt Freeman, is busily plying his trade, along with his partner, when he gets drawn into the investigation of a series of terrorist attacks. Suddenly, business is booming! At least, until Matt himself comes across an unexploded bomb at one of the scenes... and finds out there's another side to Dr. Zimm's elixer...

 

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Spilota wrote 13 days ago

Mike, You're welcome. First thing – I'm not after a return read or ....

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Hi mike, Don't leave it too long. It may change beyond recognition.....

wekabird3 wrote 21 days ago

Hi Mike, I have made contact with a really good writer who is strugg....

Andrew Esposito wrote 24 days ago

Hey Mike, I've finally got a slot on my shelf to move in Dr. Zimm's E....

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I wrote 7 hours ago

I came across a review you had left for someone else, and I was impressed with the effort you seem to put into doing constructive crit. Good for you. We need more of that around here. Your observations were enough to make me curious to see what you are producing, and I wasn't disappointed. You are p... view book

I wrote 22 days ago

Mick, After reading the first chapter of "The Solitary Man," I'm glad to have found it. You've a nice eye for prose, and you do a very nice job of communicating your character's experience with the small slices of experience you give us. As a general rule, I'm more inclined to offer crit and su... view book

I wrote 29 days ago

J, congratulations, I think you have cleaned up the opening admirably. It read very smoothly, to my eye. Going further into chapter one, what I noticed next was the impossability of some of the "technology," and only very late in the chapter did you explain that, essentially, you are appealing to... view book

I wrote 35 days ago

J- there are a number of problems in the opening paragraphs of this book. I perused the comments, looking to see if they have already been addressed by other crits, and I what I see is that many times problems are pointed out, but often without any explanation or example of correcting the error. I ... view book

I wrote 61 days ago

Chapter 26- Chris, I think we could use a reminder, something setting the scene for Ray "looking daggers" at Jefferson. It's several chapters since we were here, and I was looking for an immediate cause of immenant hostility. Likewise, one line on what's going through Jefferson's head when he appear... view book

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