Murderer
June 30, 2016
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If I’m Jack “the ripper” then the English language is a lone prostitute on a stroll through a gas lamp lit, dark and foggy alley.
I get it.
“Man’s got to know his limitations.” Harry Callahan- Magnum Force.
When I sent my first story to some relatives they told me I butchered the language.
Look it up people, editing is expensive! But I knew if I was going to sincerely try to make this a successful adventure I had to get an editor.
On LinkedIn I met an editor, Frank Kresen, and began negotiating costs, after a great deal I sent him my first books (I had already published on Smashwords) and he fixed them. On my next venture, Frank suggested I take some classes (that’s the polite version of “you are a moron.”) So I punished him by hiring him to edit An Angry Orange Sky.
Why would I do that? Please see the Dirty Harry quote above, I’m not easily offended, certainly not by the truth!
So I told Frank that I was a story teller not a grammar scholar and I needed him to fix my writing so that others (that appreciate the English language) would be able to comprehend my books.
Imagine the professor in Creative Writing class that I took while convalescing my knee re-construction in the 82nd airborne. My papers were one red pen mark, but she told me she really liked my imagination and the stories I (tried to) write!
An unknown author like me really needs to have feedback, I’ve had some great reviews so far from some folks and I know they would email or private message me if I should give up and look for “real” work but I find myself always looking for the unknown reader/review.
Yesterday I decided to post my new cover for A HINT OF SILVER- on LinkedIn, (yes in hopes that it would get a few people interested in a sale)
And Frank left the following message:
Frank Kresen
Founder (1985)/Sole Proprietor of PROOF POSITIVE, Kansas City's premier proofreading and copy-editing…
I am about halfway finished with the copy editing of this, Mark's third Gordan Hudde book.
Hudde is like every man's wildest fantasy about what kind of man he would like to be. Gordan's cool confidence under pressure and against impossible odds never feels contrived — it comes very naturally to him. He is absolutely undaunted in any "Parking Lot Situation" (you'll have to read the book....).
With each book in the Gordan Hudde Series, I have seen Mark grow by leaps and bounds as an author — with this one leading the way. His rich detail and seamless integration of disparate subplots and multitudes of characters is quickly becoming his forte.
A HINT OF SILVER is extra-special, in that it is the first of the Gordan Hudde Series in which Gordan reveals anything of substance about his past life.
A HINT OF SILVER is a tour-de-force examination of the demonically evil world of The Sick F*ck Villain. You will want to put the book down in disgust, but — I guarantee you — you won't be able to. You will love this book.
I had just run a few dollars’ worth of ads which netted me almost 600 extra people at my Blog, I had just run a promotion on Amazon and gave away 20 Deep Purple Hue books for free, and I didn’t generate a single sale, I didn’t get a (real) single new review (I did get one person who wanted Franks job give a poor review- so obvious.)
Anyway, I’d like to thank Frank (it was a jolt of confidence), and also encourage others to try A HINT OF SILVER- remember, this was just the first half; trust me it gets better!
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If I’m Jack “the ripper” then the English language is a lone prostitute on a stroll through a gas lamp lit, dark and foggy alley.
I get it.
“Man’s got to know his limitations.” Harry Callahan- Magnum Force.
When I sent my first story to some relatives they told me I butchered the language.
Look it up people, editing is expensive! But I knew if I was going to sincerely try to make this a successful adventure I had to get an editor.
On LinkedIn I met an editor, Frank Kresen, and began negotiating costs, after a great deal I sent him my first books (I had already published on Smashwords) and he fixed them. On my next venture, Frank suggested I take some classes (that’s the polite version of “you are a moron.”) So I punished him by hiring him to edit An Angry Orange Sky.
Why would I do that? Please see the Dirty Harry quote above, I’m not easily offended, certainly not by the truth!
So I told Frank that I was a story teller not a grammar scholar and I needed him to fix my writing so that others (that appreciate the English language) would be able to comprehend my books.
Imagine the professor in Creative Writing class that I took while convalescing my knee re-construction in the 82nd airborne. My papers were one red pen mark, but she told me she really liked my imagination and the stories I (tried to) write!
An unknown author like me really needs to have feedback, I’ve had some great reviews so far from some folks and I know they would email or private message me if I should give up and look for “real” work but I find myself always looking for the unknown reader/review.
Yesterday I decided to post my new cover for A HINT OF SILVER- on LinkedIn, (yes in hopes that it would get a few people interested in a sale)
And Frank left the following message:
Frank Kresen
Founder (1985)/Sole Proprietor of PROOF POSITIVE, Kansas City's premier proofreading and copy-editing…
I am about halfway finished with the copy editing of this, Mark's third Gordan Hudde book.
Hudde is like every man's wildest fantasy about what kind of man he would like to be. Gordan's cool confidence under pressure and against impossible odds never feels contrived — it comes very naturally to him. He is absolutely undaunted in any "Parking Lot Situation" (you'll have to read the book....).
With each book in the Gordan Hudde Series, I have seen Mark grow by leaps and bounds as an author — with this one leading the way. His rich detail and seamless integration of disparate subplots and multitudes of characters is quickly becoming his forte.
A HINT OF SILVER is extra-special, in that it is the first of the Gordan Hudde Series in which Gordan reveals anything of substance about his past life.
A HINT OF SILVER is a tour-de-force examination of the demonically evil world of The Sick F*ck Villain. You will want to put the book down in disgust, but — I guarantee you — you won't be able to. You will love this book.
I had just run a few dollars’ worth of ads which netted me almost 600 extra people at my Blog, I had just run a promotion on Amazon and gave away 20 Deep Purple Hue books for free, and I didn’t generate a single sale, I didn’t get a (real) single new review (I did get one person who wanted Franks job give a poor review- so obvious.)
Anyway, I’d like to thank Frank (it was a jolt of confidence), and also encourage others to try A HINT OF SILVER- remember, this was just the first half; trust me it gets better!
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