Review: Needed a real editor
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 24, 2012
The biggest problem with the current glut of self-published authors is lack of editing and proofing. Spell check and grammar check can only go so far. In the old paradigm, a promising yarn with decent story-telling would be edited not just for content but for style. Sadly, not so. There is no excuse for the author's sheer laziness, when she's obviously capable of much more. Surely the Shift+F7 keys could have provided some alternative to her using "tonight", "all night", and "tonight" in the first three sentences? The poor sentence structure and descriptive repetitions get in the way of a good idea. I purchased this based on the reviews, but am now thinking they can't have been written by regular readers. And before anyone jumps on me for being a "grammarian", let me ask you to read my review again. The grammar is just an example. She can do better, and should.