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May 17, 2011 12:35PM
What is the weirdest feedback or comments you have recieved about one of your books?
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lol, my editor changed "It came out like a low growl" to "He growled" now my argument with that. Is that my line was supposed to show the character slightly angry, line before it like glaring, clenched jaw and what not. So it fitted. I hated the tightening up of "He growled."I wrote back.
He is not a dog.
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Not going to happen with my sequel.
Sometimes I fight for things and some things I just let go. Not often easy to choose where to draw the line. But everything I've read, you can't say "he growled" because then it sounds like he IS a dog! You were correct.
lol, that was just one of many arguments we had on the book. "Y'all" was one thing they kept adding in dialogue and said he was too well spoken, you have to put words together. I pointed out that was great, but I am english, I have never said "Y'all" in my life.And I said the character is now well spoken... lol, I got touchy on the subject!!!
My family are scousers from liverpool (Like the beatles) and we live in the south, and some people find it hard to catch what we say because of the accent. So I have learned to "Say-Each-Word-So-I-Don't-Have-To-Repeat-Myself" so first person dialogue had the same flow. I took all the "Y'alls" out, not because of the U.S/U.K language barrier, but if every other character in a set location talks one way and you give another character an accent then it make no sense.
I've had someone accuse my halfling, Lillyanne of sounding like a dwarf :) I've yet to write a dwarf, so who's to say what he/she might sound like when I do? They might just growl :)
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I had someone mark my book down to three stars because it was too short. Didn't she know how long it was before she read it? Doesn't that mean you would have liked more? LOL. I can't figure reviewers.
Too short? How silly. I mean if she didn't like how it ended or something, I can see that, but just too short? A story can be flash fiction and still be a complete story :)
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You actually just reminded me of a forum post I read on kindle. This was when I was promoting, Under The Midnight Sky, the person said. "This book is very short. It is obviously a poor read." It was five star reviewed and sitting in Kindle top 100 at the time, lol. *Deep Breath
"I shouldn't type a reply, should I?"
Hands reached for keyboard.
"Alex, step away from the computer!"
I try to be positive even when things are negative, but some people really do need to be slapped across the face with a wet fish. (I saw a clown do that once. It made me laugh. No further explaination in order, lol)
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I did manage once to squeeze out, "thank you for your feedback" without including you dumb f'ing idiot. That is about the extent of my self control! lol. Love the wet fish.
lol. If someone attacks that is the best thing to do."Thank you for your kind words. I hope you have a really nice day." And then e-mail a friend and rant at them, lol.
I like this question. :) I entered my first writing contest (well since the essay ones I won years ago!) a few months ago. Part of the feedback was that it was very "Jane Eyreish." Since I write erotic/historical gothic romance, I didn't think that was a bad thing. The funny part is that Jane Eyre isn't one of my favorites, and my book didn't have a made wife in the attic. ~Ella
Oh, gosh I LOVE Jane Eyre! I fell in love with gothic romance with that one and Victoria Holt's books. I'd have been flattered :)
I sort of was, but their implication was that it was "too much" like Jane Eyre. LOL. I didn't think it was at all... more sex, no Rochester and so on. :)
I understand what you mean. And that's definitely some weird feedback. I'd vote for worst use of analogy on that one :)
Alex wrote: "What is the weirdest feedback or comments you have recieved about one of your books?"Well, this is the most unusual. I went to primary school far away in a city where I haven't lived since I was ten years old. When Love Tattoo came out, featuring a vampire truck driver, I heard, in a text message from his smart phone from a classmate I haven't seen since about the age of eight. He is now a truck driver, heard about my book who knows where and wanted me to know that he was going to buy it!
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Now THAT would have been totally weird! LOL. But it was strange that someone I last saw as a freckle faced kid of less than ten years old was going to buy my romance novel and promote it to truckers. I wonder if he really is...!
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I just got my first 2 star Goodreads review, and while I am bummed, I find it interesting that the reviewer said it involved too much explicit sex and wasn't appropriate for teenagers or her children. Um, it wasn't meant to be a children's book. Now I'm wondering if there is a way to include an age or maturity rating on the book info here?
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Oh yeah, I'm not going to respond negatively or anything. I just wondered if there was a way to better label my books so someone doesn't think it's YA or a children's story. Perhaps my blurb wasn't definitive enough or something. I understand being disappointed if I thought a book was geared toward the younger crowd and included sex scenes.
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LOL! Thanks for the encouragement :)On the first cover mock up, the cover artist had no pants on Galadin, so just bare tooshie. I asked her to add pants. Maybe I should have left it bare :)
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You find that here on goodreads. I have that on the amazon forums. I got attacked by people that just didn't like the genre, the fact I was male, lol, or were having a bad day. So they do bad reviews. I wouldn't think to much about it. Always ten more people ready to say nice things.
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And I just got another nice 4 star one today. I'm ok with it. Actually, I'm just happy that someone chose to read my book without having won it in a contest or from a review request. And everyone is entitled to their opinion. I've looked at popular series like the Twilight ones and reviews run the gamut. But I read one that said, "I hated this book, but I'll be picking up the next one because I'm curious." :)
lol, that is an odd review. I haven't dealt much with review sites. I know the publishers are really keen on them, but for me I have never gained many sales from them. They look very good on kindle & goodreads!!! But I know what you mean when you see someone pick up a copy without being a giveaway.
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Ah well there ya go!I loved the "I hate it, but I'll read more" thing. You might have to be Stephanie Meyer to pull that off though ;)
That I write erotica...r/Steve
P.S. I don't.
Hah! Yeah, maybe that was a perception thing. If your heroine showed an ankle, that might be pornographic in some societies :)
@ Mysti, you're probably correct. Sex is part of life, so my protagonists and villains have sex--there is even sexual angst in my YA novel. I don't consider any of it erotica, but perception is so subjective. I guess some people would prefer we return to writing Victorian novels. LOL.r/Steve
I had someone give my book a three stars because he thought it was a fiction novel! It is a true account of my tour in Iraq. I think the over seven 5 stars make up for one silly comment.
