Honesty Is The Best Policy

When I sent out the Arc’s (Advanced Reading Copy) of my novel, I made sure to emphasizes that I wanted honest reviews. It is expected that people give honest reviews but sometimes there is a feeling that you shouldn’t say anything bad. I drove home again and again that I wanted honesty.

I got it.

I couldn’t be more pleased. The reviews I’m getting are positive:

“Fascinating, edge of your chair action, and a main character both…“

“Fun and Thought Provoking Read“

“One heck of a start to a series! Please, sir, may I have some more?“

But with-in the reviews, even the ones that give four stars and recommend it to others, some have said there are little things that they didn’t like. They all say it wasn’t enough to deter them from reading, and it wasn’t enough to make them dislike the story, but it was there.

This, to me, is fantastic. I may be a bit weird in that but there it is.

Soon I’m going to contact these people (I can do that because they are associates of mine) and get a bit of discussion going because I want to know – I want to hear and understand – what they didn’t like and why. I’m not going to do this because I think they are wrong and want to argue my case, I’m going to do this because I think that every opinion of a book is right to that reader. I want to hear their thoughts for the same reason I have a personal editor, and beta-readers, because it’s a reflection on my writing. Their thoughts may be able to help me make the series better.

I’m not saying that I’m going to change what comes in the future based on every single individuals personal quirks. I am saying that input is important. If I have lots of feedback I can gauge what does and doesn’t work and from there make informed decisions. I’ll write what my Muse tells me to write – just like I always do- but maybe with a keener eye.

If any of you go and get my novel and read it – I ask you to leave you comments and thoughts with me. I would love if you wrote reviews for Amazon, Goodreads, Barnes & Nobles…. but there are many places you can find me one line and drop a note. Many places you can share your thoughts on my novel with me, knowing that your honest comments will be respected and considered because, as a writer – like in life, you never stop learning.

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