An Appetite for Writing that is Good and Honest

I have been reading books on a website called authonomy.com where readers and writers get together to vote on which books they like best. At the end of each month the publisher HarperCollins takes the top five and gives them and editorial review, and if they like it, a contract. Unfortunately there are no “rules” and that causes some of the sociopaths who run amok on the site to say “Hey there are no rules” as if that gives them an opportunity to play out their bizarre fantasies like they are characters in Lord of the Flies as has been observed by a writer who recently left the site and to lie and cheat in their effort to climb over bodies on their way to the top. Once they get there, their books are appropriately judged as shite (as the Brits who dominate the site say) and promptly dropped in the garbage can. It just goes to show you that most people will act like rats unless they have someone to publicly shame them. JD on the other hand has consistently given great feedback to others, has been honest, and he has a great book that I want to promote. You see, I think writers who are not honest are shite, cuz they don’t describe real emotions, and if you don’t talk about real emotion, who the hell would you want to read your book?

Revene’s book Appetites is described thus:

Days that are going to change your life should come with a warning attached. James Harford misses the signs when he feeds his wife’s desires.

James is a modern man, defined by material successes. Approaching forty he has everything, and it’s not enough. Sal, his younger ex-model wife, is a stay-at-home mum. With the kids at school, her days are beginning to drag.

The day that changes their lives starts normally. They take time without the kids, enjoying a sultry Sydney day. Time for each other.

Then they pick up a charming stranger in a strip club, and one thing leads to the other.

Sal and James both crave something more, but that night changes everything. Yearnings become all consuming. While Sal seeks fulfillment from more and more men, James gets closer and closer to another woman, and gnawing jealousy eats away at what they share.

Can their appetites be sated or will they remain empty?

[WARNING Contains sexually explicit adults only material: readers who would prefer no sex are advised to consider chapters 2, 11,22, 37 or 46.]

i.e. don’t forget to get extra batteries for your vibrator.

I read appetites and I thought it was great. The use of the situation of introducing outside sexual partners into a monogamous relationship and the effect that has on the relationship and the motivations and self deceptions involved were compelling in my opinion as a psychiatrist.

Read more of Appetites here. Join the facebook cause “Get JD to the Editor’s Desk” here.