Zero Angel
Auror
I started reading my first non-me self-published Kindle novel today (apologies @ Ben but this one was free so I figured I'd check it out first).
I do not want to make anyone feel bad (although I don't think this author is on our forum--it wasn't fantasy--but I don't think it is appropriate to "rip" on people that are in the same position as me for better or for worse), but I could not get past the first page.
Actually, I did get past the first page by skipping the rest of the prologue to see if I could get interested in the characters.
Is this usual? I have no idea if the book was interesting or not because I had too difficult of a time reading it
Do yins use/pay professional editors? Do you edit it yourself? Do you use beta readers and don't publish something if they are saying, "It's a great story but it seems like it needs edited better"?
I think I spent more time proofreading and editing my first novel than I did writing it
I do not want to make anyone feel bad (although I don't think this author is on our forum--it wasn't fantasy--but I don't think it is appropriate to "rip" on people that are in the same position as me for better or for worse), but I could not get past the first page.
Actually, I did get past the first page by skipping the rest of the prologue to see if I could get interested in the characters.
Is this usual? I have no idea if the book was interesting or not because I had too difficult of a time reading it
Do yins use/pay professional editors? Do you edit it yourself? Do you use beta readers and don't publish something if they are saying, "It's a great story but it seems like it needs edited better"?
I think I spent more time proofreading and editing my first novel than I did writing it