Amy Sumida's Blog - Posts Tagged "comments"

So I've got the bare bones of my next two books done and now I'm on to fleshing them out but I made the mistake of checking out my author page on Amazon. There was a rating there made by someone who had read all of my books(thank you very much for that) and said she liked my story but only gave me three stars because she thought I needed a copy editor. Sigh. I guess I should toughen my skin and I am thankful that she liked my stories but it's so hard to not let a comment like that affect me. I know my writing isn't always the most grammatically correct(most of the time it's on purpose to evoke a feeling) and I know there are typos in my work but I work very hard at reviewing each book over and over, and am blessed with good friends who take the time to jot down errors while they proof read my books for me. Unfortunately, it's hard to understand how difficult editing can be and how your mind will actually correct words as you read them. It's especially difficult for us writers, who have to type quickly to get those conversations that are happening inside our heads down onto the page. So I do the best I can and as much as I'd love to be able to pay a professional editor to go over my work, alas, I'm only beginning to gather a following and have to save my pennies for now. So, to all my loyal fans who've read the books despite their errors, thank you so much for disregarding them and enjoying the story anyway.
This is horrible of me to say but in my defense, I've read several books professionally published and edited who have just as much typos as mine. I don't think I and my wonderful, patient friends...shout out here to Krystal Holm...have done such a bad job of it.
I know, shut up Amy and thicken that skin, they could have knocked the story and not just the editing.(thanks again for not knocking my story, reader) Well, I'm endeavoring to do just that, continuing Vervain's story as best as I can write it. Thank you all again for loving her enough to put up with my human errors.(And my whining in this blog) I'm off to Vervain's world once more, maybe Azrael can comfort my wounded pride.