Editing

I want to be mad at the review I just got about how my book is poorly edited, but I cannot. It is what it is. With that being said, the review says absolutely nothing about the story. I guess the editing was that bad, but did it take away from the story so much? I would gather not as I still got 2 stars and the reviewer read all of the way to the end.

I couldn't find anyone to edit the book for me. Sounds like a lame excuse, but I have friends that aren't readers, or were my beta readers who didn't want to reread the book. I tried to edit it myself, and believe me, I caught some things, but I obviously missed some. I, like my beta readers probably would have been, was just done with the story.

I'm not here to share my woes, so I won't. I'm just saying, if I had the money, I would have gotten it professionally edited.

I have now (finally) found someone to edit it. So in a few days, hopefully over the weekend, I will be updating and editing the copy that is on Amazon. Hopefully this will allow me to not get reviews that focus on the writing!

I am sure everyone's heard the expression, you live and you learn. Well, I am living and learning. I thought I had done the best that I could do. Obviously, I could have done better.

Next time, if there is a next time.
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Published on February 19, 2013 10:47 Tags: author, book, indie, novel, review, reviewer, writer
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