Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- blog:articles_on_writing:self_publishing_traps [2019/08/22 09:52] – created Phil Ide
+++ blog:articles_on_writing:self_publishing_traps [2019/11/11 10:23] (current) – [Lack of Editing] Phil Ide
@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 {{:blog:book-flat.png?direct&200 |}}Sometimes it's a while before I post a new book review. Usually this is because I've read some self-published novels that I don't want to review. When I post a review, I'm telling readers about a book I'd recommend. This is good for readers, and it's good for the authors who get the recommendation. I'm not out to harm someone's writing career - which can always be turned around in the future - and I'm certainly not the sort of pompous umm, donkey, that simply lets my mouth run without a care in the world.
-This article is about some of the traps self-publishing authors tend to fall into - and which the successful SP authors avoid. There are many things i could discuss here, but I'll just stick to the ones I see cropping most often.
+This article is about some of the traps self-publishing authors tend to fall into - and which the successful SP authors avoid. There are many things I could discuss here, but I'll just stick to the ones I see cropping up most often.
 ===== Rush to Publish =====
 Some books are sent to me, as per the instructions on the [[:blog:aardvaark:rules_on_reviewing|Rules on Reviewing]] page, and some I buy because they catch my eye. I'd say that about 75% of the self-published novels I read are simply below par because the author has rushed-to-publish. This is where the author has simply published too early. A small percentage of the self-published novels I read are first-drafts that may (possibly) have been through a single round of editing to do some spelling and possibly grammar correction. It is highly likely that most of these were written using the 'discovery writing' technique, and no effort has been made to build in structure.
@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 ===== Lack of Editing =====
-I've actually read two novels in the last year that seem to have had no editing whatsoever. They were full of spelling mistakes - which in this day and age is unforgivable - and there were sentences where the author had clearly changed their mind halfway through but failed to delete all the original sentence.
+I've actually read two novels in the last year that seem to have had no editing whatsoever. They were full of spelling mistakes - which in this day and age is unforgivable (and yes, I can spell in both British and American English)- and there were sentences where the author had clearly changed their mind halfway through but failed to delete all the original sentence.
 ===== Not Doing Research =====