On a whim, I picked up a book at the grocery store.
http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/productdetail.cfm?product_id=1309&L1=1
We all know this is a hit or miss, but good lord! I won't rag on the lack of writing style and the choppy dialog (okay, so maybe just a bit) but you'd think the publisher would at least do a bloody edit before print. The first three chapters alone had more incomplete/fragmented sentences than I could attempt to count.
http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/productdetail.cfm?product_id=1309&L1=1
We all know this is a hit or miss, but good lord! I won't rag on the lack of writing style and the choppy dialog (okay, so maybe just a bit) but you'd think the publisher would at least do a bloody edit before print. The first three chapters alone had more incomplete/fragmented sentences than I could attempt to count.
I guess this submission guideline explains the jumps from third person pov to first person. It caused the story to become confusing and I couldn't get into the book. I didn't even make it through the fourth chapter. I'm slightly irritated now, because I'm out eight bucks. Grrr.