Hi Tilda.......
I seldom visit the PAMB because I find it sad, sad, sad. So many people being deluded. Please tell me that exerpt from the "next J.K. Rowling" is the unedited version and not what has actually been published. Oh, the embarrassment awaiting that poor girl! The story appears to have merit, but it needs a lot of polishing. I read my own book at least twenty times in all initially, always finding mistakes, and then ten times after it had been edited by PA. A few things still got by me after printing- not major mistakes fortunately, but noticeable. Authors cannot do final edits of their own books, because the relationship is too close
Sorry, but I have to agree with the opinions expressed by others on AW. Books, with potential, but unedited, are not only going to hurt PA authors in general, but are going to hurt the overall publishing industry. Too many authors, too few readers and this sort of thing is going to turn off even more readers. Honestly, it makes me feel like crying, not just for her sake, but for all those other dreamers on the PAMB Board spouting the same mantra: "Those bashers are just jealous. PA gave us the chance our books deserve. Our books are going to be sold from sea to shining sea. Thank you, PA." Sickening!
I attended a book signing where, without glancing at my book first, one of the other self-published authors told me
that, after reading one PA book, where she could not get past the first seventeen pages because of the poor editing, she would never read another book from a PA author. That hurt; but I have to acknowledge that she had right on her side.
I shall now withdraw back into lurkdom and watch the PA boat sink, sooner rather than later, I hope.
postshy/Roberta
