3 Mistakes that Will Make Readers Want to Punch a Book in the Face

Such a great post! It’s making me do some HARD thinking about my work-in-progress. Thanks, Kristen!


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To do my job well, I do a tremendous amount of reading. Additionally, I make it a point to make sure I read different genres so I get a sense of what writers do well (or not so well) regardless of the type of story.



I’ve been inhaling Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series as of late and I got ahead of my credits so I decided instead to take advantage of Audible’s Daily Deal. It was a suspense from a legacy published author. The book had almost a thousand reviews and almost all of them four and five stars. So I figured, why not?



Take a chance.



Shoot. Me. Now.



That was me. That was me.



The book was absolutely awful. I won’t say which book because I won’t do that to another author. I have a personal rule. If I can’t give a book 4 stars or more I just shut up…


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Published on May 23, 2016 10:53
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