A Disturbing Self-Publishing Trend

[image error]Let me preface this whole post with this: I'm not perfect. There, I said it. I know my books aren't perfect. I believe there's always room for improvement and I try darn hard to write a fabulous story each time.

All that said, I've noticed a disturbing trend among several of the self published books I've read lately.

There's only half a story!

It's starting to get on my nerves (imagine much teeth grinding and hair pulling here) when a story is incomplete. As an author I know it's hard to step back far enough to know if your story is complete. I get it.

But I can't tell you how many stories I've walked away from recently, thinking: why do these two like each other, what caused them to fall in love? Wow, that was a fast resolution.

Note: I shouldn't think these things. Torture your characters. Keep them apart. Let me know each step of the way why they're falling in love. I should be able to take out all the sex and still have a story there. And the story should be complete. Beginning, dreaded middle, and happily ever after.