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Hi all, I need help and but am not sure I'm posting this in the right spot!
I am so angry right now, I could chew nails. Okay, briefly, my second book of the year came out July 1st, so I send out a email to a bunch of people to advertise it. I was in a hurry and misspelled one word - my bad, I know. Okay one of my "friends" wrote back and pointed it out - she also told me there was a typo on the website advertising my book. Did she say she liked the cover? NOOO! Did it sound like an interesting book? NOOOO!! This is the same "friend" who when I published a non-fiction book three years ago only said, "Oh, Carlene - there were SO many errors in that book! Why didn't you let me edit it!" Not one word about the content - everyone else who read the book raved about it. Another writing friend and I went over the book line by line and found ... three errors! Now, what to do? I cannot cut this woman completely out of my life as our husbands are great friends. Yes, I know I should not let one person sour the entire experience but...I'm a writer, I am insecure. Any suggestions? I could shoot her but she's not worth spending the rest of my life in the slammer making hot love with Big Bertha.
Thanks for listening, gang!
I am so angry right now, I could chew nails. Okay, briefly, my second book of the year came out July 1st, so I send out a email to a bunch of people to advertise it. I was in a hurry and misspelled one word - my bad, I know. Okay one of my "friends" wrote back and pointed it out - she also told me there was a typo on the website advertising my book. Did she say she liked the cover? NOOO! Did it sound like an interesting book? NOOOO!! This is the same "friend" who when I published a non-fiction book three years ago only said, "Oh, Carlene - there were SO many errors in that book! Why didn't you let me edit it!" Not one word about the content - everyone else who read the book raved about it. Another writing friend and I went over the book line by line and found ... three errors! Now, what to do? I cannot cut this woman completely out of my life as our husbands are great friends. Yes, I know I should not let one person sour the entire experience but...I'm a writer, I am insecure. Any suggestions? I could shoot her but she's not worth spending the rest of my life in the slammer making hot love with Big Bertha.
Thanks for listening, gang!