Ghost Moon by Heather Graham. OK it's decent, trying not trying to bash a fellow writer. I read the whole thing.
Great, she used "said", but there were so many tags it was tedious. There were a gazillion he said/she saids that weren't needed because it was clear without them who the speaker was. How did an editor let that slip through without deleting half of them?
Then there were dozens of unnecessary adverbs. Am I just being cynical because my writing teachers pointed out the problems with adverbs?
This book could have been so much better with a good editor or a good writing teacher. I'm sure of it.
It did read poorly. Is that because of what I'm learning or because a writing teacher pointed things out to me?
I'm sure my book is better than this. I haven't sent those queries out yet. I need to get moving. I do hope this means my book is publishable.
Great, she used "said", but there were so many tags it was tedious. There were a gazillion he said/she saids that weren't needed because it was clear without them who the speaker was. How did an editor let that slip through without deleting half of them?
Then there were dozens of unnecessary adverbs. Am I just being cynical because my writing teachers pointed out the problems with adverbs?
This book could have been so much better with a good editor or a good writing teacher. I'm sure of it.
It did read poorly. Is that because of what I'm learning or because a writing teacher pointed things out to me?
I'm sure my book is better than this. I haven't sent those queries out yet. I need to get moving. I do hope this means my book is publishable.
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