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Forum SciFi/Fantasy book lovers help wanted
December 28, 2017, 07:57 AM
dgshooterForum SciFi/Fantasy book lovers help wanted
My darling wife has submitted a book for a Kindle publishing contract . I'm attaching her description and a link to the work.
I'm asking interested forum members to take a look and help her earn the contract. Thanks!
Noisnemid (Sci-fi / Fantasy) is being considered for a publishing contract, this is a reader generated contract, so I need your vote. The link below will take you to Noisnemid page where you can read it for free, then please nominate it. This book has been five years in the making, it holds my essence. Thank you T.Wrage
https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/2ET3LRKHLSU15December 28, 2017, 09:53 AM
motor59Done.
suaviter in modo, fortiter in re
December 28, 2017, 09:58 AM
f2done.
December 28, 2017, 10:58 AM
RogueJSKNomination sent.
I'd like to offer some constructive criticism after reading the excerpt:
Your wife needs the assistance of an editor, especially to help guide her use of punctuation. A large number of commas were inserted where they were not needed, which makes the passages tougher to read since the grammar/punctuation is a bit off. In addition, the repeated use of lengthy compound sentences with multiple semicolons and commas prevents the passages from flowing as smoothly as they should.
The good news is that when her book is chosen for publication, it appears that Amazon will assist with editing to some degree. But she may end up needing to hire an independent editor as well.
December 28, 2017, 04:04 PM
Fla. JimDone, and best of Luck. Can you share what happened?
"In Sept. 2010, my life abruptly changed. It was at that time the book writing commenced."
December 28, 2017, 05:57 PM
nhtagmemberI don't have a Kindle - can you post a PDF?
[B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC
December 28, 2017, 09:34 PM
SigJacketquote:
Originally posted by nhtagmember:
I don't have a Kindle - can you post a PDF?
Don’t need, the excerpt is at the above link.
December 28, 2017, 09:42 PM
AnubismpDone! Good luck
December 29, 2017, 12:34 AM
Rey HRHDone.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
December 29, 2017, 04:55 AM
CliffDone.
"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
--Sir Winston Churchill
"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose."
--James Earl Jones
December 29, 2017, 05:06 AM
BurtonRWDone, but RogueJSK is absolutely correct. The story is interesting, but an editor is necessary, I’m afraid.
-Rob
I predict that there will be many suggestions and statements about the law made here, and some of them will be spectacularly wrong. - jhe888
A=A December 29, 2017, 06:08 AM
SgtGoldI nomed. Nom nom nom. Best of luck.
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December 29, 2017, 11:08 AM
fatmanspencermarking to look at when home and able to read fully
Used guns deserve a home too
December 29, 2017, 11:12 AM
JJexpNominated, but as has been said, get an editor.
December 29, 2017, 02:06 PM
pakrat57Done, but I agree with RogueJSK about the editing.
December 29, 2017, 02:49 PM
95flhrDone
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
― Ronald Reagan
Retired old fart
December 29, 2017, 04:18 PM
dgshooterThanks to all of you! Yes it does need a little editing. That's part of the process. Hiring an independent editor is crazy expensive!
December 29, 2017, 04:27 PM
dgb2324Done
December 29, 2017, 04:44 PM
JJexpquote:
Originally posted by dgshooter:
Thanks to all of you! Yes it does need a little editing. That's part of the process. Hiring an independent editor is crazy expensive!
Not as expensive as you might think. A 4th year or graduate level English major at a local school would gladly help you out for a c note or two, and you’ll end up with someone with way better grammar and punctuation abilities than you’ll have by yourself.
January 12, 2018, 01:23 PM
dgshooterThanks to all the members who have taken the time to look at the site. There’s still a couple of week left if anyone else would like to help.