Review: Great Writer/Rotten Editor
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2013
I'm happy I was able to grit my teeth and wade through the atrocious editing and complete the book.  The story was paced very nicely, the characters were compelling and believable and the plot kept me turning pages. (Well, swiping the screen, but you know what I mean.)  The depiction of Southern life had a few bumps, but that's viewpoint as much as anything, so it was notable but not an issue.But every time I hit an editorial glitch, it just dropped me out of the story.  And there were a lot of editorial errors.  I understand that self-published authors don't have access to professional editing, but this book went way past "Oops!" and well into "Why bother?".This is a very good author and a really good story.  Whatever coffee buddy she got to do the editing for her, if she bothered, should be replaced by someone who knows when to use 'they're' and not 'their'.  I hope the series continues, but I'll try a sample first next time and see if the editing has improved.