Comments on: Re-reading one of my own books.

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:12:00 +0000

I agree with Satima…if that’s the best of the worst you have nothing to worry about.

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:04:00 +0000

Yes, there is always the wince factor. :o

Finding typos is irritating (especially my first published book, which has loads of typos that I did correct on the proofs but somehow did't get fixed ...).

Finding ugly phrasing (or just downright poor syntax) or dodgy plot-holes is embarrassing ... but I comfort myself that if I can spot them now, then I must be getting better at writing, heh.

Then again, looking back at one of my old books and finding that parts of it actually do read quite well can also be encouraging ... like, maybe I can do this after all. LOL.

BFF. Hee. Love it. :oD

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:53:00 +0000

Ah, You both make me feel MUCH better…

By: Satima Flavell

Satima Flavell — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:42:00 +0000

Gee, Glenda, if two hers in a row is all you can find to criticise you’re doing fine:-) It horrifies me when I read published works that have somehow passed under all those eagle eyes with typos and downright errors uncorrected. It makes me think that some of the eyes are not so eagley after all.

So let’s discount any E’ & O’s, ‘cos your writing is superb. So is Karen’s. Just ask us, your readers – we’ll tell you anytime:-)And we’re the ones who hang out on your blogs, panting, for word of the next magical journey.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:34:00 +0000

Possum, I feel your pain. Truly. Same thing happens to me every time. The only consolation I can come up with is that, almost always, it looks worse to us than it does to readers. We get so close to the words they become distorted. We can never read them cleanly again. The same thing happens for film directors — by the time the film’s edited and finished they can’t see it clearly and are often surprised by audience reactions. By the end of the process all we can see are the flaws. It’s not an accurate reading of the project, for us, by then.