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I admit I f'd up! I released my 1st book without proper editing services BUT I pulled the book & had it professionally edited...which apparently didn't do smack! Since every review feels the need to mention spelling/grammatical errors! Really?
I am by no means a mistake free writer by all means. I write for long exhausting hours at a time, I write late nights early mornings, hours even a day or two without sleep, fast-oh my I get an idea and I type like the wind! My driving force are the characters, the storyline, the heat-not the mistakes made by ludicrous writing conditions.
So, an editor will solve my problems?? Well, I thought so. (Naive-I told you this before don't act surprised!). I found an online editing company who are a fave among many epubbing indie authors. They weren't way expensive but they weren't the cheapest out there either. Good reviews and examples. I thought I was really doing it right! Now, I'm not so sure.
I still get spelling comments in reviews. Are these reviewers reading the previous reviews and jumping on the band wagon or is there still so many errors that it is causing readers to lash.
Thank The Lord that for every 3 stars or under I have double who love the book, the story, the characters.
Then, I have reviewers who are trying to defend "book, story, author" whatever BUT all they do is start a fight-which I or my book get the repercussions from OR they talk about they negative to prove it's untrue, unlikely, unimportant or just unnecessary. All I get from it is they are talking about my books faults-which means my faults and the rest of the review isn't even heard, read or seen.
Book 2 of THE DIRTY DENIM Series ~Steel Horse Cowboy~ is at the editors. A NEW editors! Crossing my fingers that the results are better than the last. Because I really, really don't want to read the words grammatical errors or bad spelling AGAIN!
What do I do if I'm in the same boat then? Hire another editor? (Umm...hello Indie author here I can't hire editors to go over each book 3 times from 3 different editors!!!
So for now? Fingers crossed as we wait to hear from editor. And for the love of God if you leave me a review I would most appreciate not one single mention of grammar or spelling!!!!
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