tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post111965050348058834..comments2023-09-22T04:58:46.207-07:00Comments on On the Writers' Road Less Traveled...<br>Weblog of Alyssa Goodnight: There's Room for More Books!Alyssa Goodnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12563271888054706202noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-1121714248428307872005-07-18T12:17:00.000-07:002005-07-18T12:17:00.000-07:00Aaaargh... that would be "they look great" in the ...Aaaargh... that would be "they look great" in the last paragraph. Too many kids in the house, too many distractions when I'm typing *g*.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345856694410479930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13449892.post-1121713972079916252005-07-18T12:12:00.000-07:002005-07-18T12:12:00.000-07:00Hi, Alyssa:-). What I said on my blog was that MO...Hi, Alyssa:-). What I said on my blog was that MOST self-pubbed excerpts I've seen on the Internet have, sad to say, been horrible. Yours, OTOH, was quite good, although there was a particular aspect to your writing I didn't like (the use of three dialogue tags using strong verbs in the space of three paragraphs), which I mentioned in my blog entry. That's a personal taste issue as much as anything, and it might not bother another reader at all. <BR/><BR/>Overall, your writing (based on the excerpt) seemed tight and competent. My exact comments were, "I am definitely intrigued. It's nice to know that there are self-pubbed authors out there who can turn out a reasonably professional site and product," which I really don't think suggests that I see you as somehow unworthy of notice because you're self-published. Furthermore, when I said, "It seems to me the excerpt has promise," I wasn't suggesting that you had promise in the sense that this wasn't a "real" book, but simply that I hadn't read the full book and couldn't fairly judge based on a short excerpt. This is also why I said "reasonably professional" in the above quote-- without reading the full book, it's impossible for me to know for sure exactly how professionally it reads. I do love your site design and cover, though... theylooks great.<BR/><BR/>Hope this helps clarify my thoughts. Good luck with your book!Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345856694410479930noreply@blogger.com