Martyn Stanley's Blog - Posts Tagged "reviews"
Ratings!
I just received a 3 Star rating on Goodreads. I always feel a little bit disappointed when I get 3 Stars. However when looked through the person's list, they also gave 'The Hobbit' 3 stars, so maybe I'm in good company?
I also have to admit, going through a very arduous edit, to improve books 1,2 and 3 before my big re-release with new covers and a combined trilogy edition... There are flaws in my writing, somethings I over use, my grammar is NOT perfect. I'm hoping to resolve most of these problems and make the next release definitive and unchanging and to not edit and re-upload future books.
I suppose I should take heart that so many people enjoy my story and my characters enough to ignore the flaws in the writing, the flaws which hopefully my next edit will eliminate.
So to everyone who saw through the minor issues, enjoyed the story and was prepared to stand up and say so - thank you!
I also have to admit, going through a very arduous edit, to improve books 1,2 and 3 before my big re-release with new covers and a combined trilogy edition... There are flaws in my writing, somethings I over use, my grammar is NOT perfect. I'm hoping to resolve most of these problems and make the next release definitive and unchanging and to not edit and re-upload future books.
I suppose I should take heart that so many people enjoy my story and my characters enough to ignore the flaws in the writing, the flaws which hopefully my next edit will eliminate.
So to everyone who saw through the minor issues, enjoyed the story and was prepared to stand up and say so - thank you!
Authors Behaving Badly
I just wrote a new blog post on the cases of Kathleen Hale and Richard Brittain. In ways Kathleen is more surprising - she's published, I would think she had a lot to lose by doing this - but the sheer violence of Richard's attack - he could have killed her...
Read my full post here:-
http://martynstanley.com/authors-self...
I hope it comes across as fair and balanced. I feel like a bit of a bridge between the author community and the reviewer community - I review and I write. So I've tried to see both points of views. I can't find justification for Hale or Brittains actions though :(
Read my full post here:-
http://martynstanley.com/authors-self...
I hope it comes across as fair and balanced. I feel like a bit of a bridge between the author community and the reviewer community - I review and I write. So I've tried to see both points of views. I can't find justification for Hale or Brittains actions though :(
