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REVIEWS

 

You love them; you hate them but, unfortunately, they can make or break a writer's novel.

 

Several book sale sites have stated they will be 'checking' reviews posted on their pages to ensure there are no over the top [but obviously your friend] reviews and no flaming-catch-the-page-on-fire bad reviews. It's wise to check in every so often to see what is actually posted on your book's page.

 

I've been reviewing books all my life. Every time I pick up a novel and read it, I've formed an opinion of what my impression of the story is. That is a review. When I started reviewing for a couple online sites, I made sure I found the positive aspects to the story even if I felt the writer needed more practice at their art.

 

I mean, what's the point of tearing someone's work apart? It doesn't help the writer to improve when all the reviewer says is..."this story was lackluster and slow." What the hell does that mean?

 

It's easier to note the great visuals provided by the writer and mention how you felt some of the details might have been traded to pump up the action scenes. Readers who aren't writers, don't care about point of view or sentence structure or any of the half million details writers lose sleep over. What they care about is a story that will take them to places they haven't been or galaxies far, far away.

 

However, they will notice poor grammar or sentences they have to read twice to understand. It's up to the writer and their editor to make the story -- 'not long enough!'

 

When your writing is so absorbing the reader can't put down the book, you've accomplished the goal all writers wish for -- creating a fan. Let the reviewers say what they will, if you have fans asking when the next book is coming out... you've crossed the proverbial finish line with flying colors.