Contracts, Edits, And Errata OR The Least Creative Title Ever
As promised, today’s post will be the last in my three-part series introducing my novel, The Seneca Scourge. From contract to errata. How sexy is that?
Hey, big fella, wanna see my errata?
The Contract
I am not a contract expert. My knowledge of the law stems from The Good Wife and Suits. But after visiting various author forums, I learned that my publisher’s contract was fairly standard. For me, five conditions were pivotal.
- Understanding when rights would revert back to the author. In my case, after three years, unless the publisher and I mutually agree to extend the contract.
- Royalties paid are comparable to accepted standards. See How Much Should an Author’s Ebook Royalty Be? for a discussion of fair author royalties.
- Aside from typographical and grammatical errors, no editorial changes would be made without author input.
- A contract buyout existed if the author chose to terminate the contract early.
- In the event the publisher went out of business or declared bankruptcy, rights would return to the author.
The Waiting
Shortly after signing the contract September 2011, I received a welcome letter and author handbook. I also received a projected release date of September 2012 and was told my assigned editor would contact me three months before that time.
So I waited. June came; the editor’s email did not. What if they forgot about me? What if they came to their senses? What if another book about an influenza pandemic surfaced? What if I got influenza and died?
It only takes a droplet…
The Editing
1) Main Edit
Finally, July 7th, I heard from my editor.
Talk about hesitation to open an email. Ever had your gut clench, suggesting a potty’s in need?
What if he changes everything? What if he recommends chopping a pivotal scene? What if he suggests a character cut? What if he says, “Well, this here is crap, so I used it to wipe my arse?”
Luckily, none of the above occurred (well, I’m not sure about that last one). In fact, most of his suggestions were minor—simple rephrasing of sentences, clarification of passages. The biggest change involved a one-page rewrite.
Phew!
2) Line Edits
Satisfied with my changes, on July 26th the editor requested my line edits (or check edits). Line edits consist of reading through the manuscript line by line and copying and pasting any typographical, grammatical, or punctuation errors onto a separate document—not in the manuscript itself—and rewriting the correct sentence below. For example:
The brown dof jumped over the fence.
The brown dog jumped over the fence.
The author only includes a few words—no page numbers or chapter listings—just enough text so the editor can locate the error in the actual manuscript.
3) Errata
No rest for the weary. On August 10th, the senior editor requested my errata for the book galley, which is the manuscript in its copyedited and typeset form. Similar to line edits, one looks for typos and improper punctuation—no other changes allowed. Knowing it was my final go-through instilled anxiety. Luckily, the senior editor made only one grammatical change, and the fact that I noticed illustrates just how many times I’ve been through the freaking manuscript.
After finding a few other tiny mistakes (a forgotten period, a misplaced apostrophe), as well as a chunk of text mistakenly converted to italics during the editor’s formatting, I submitted my short errata. And hoped between the three of us, we weeded out the debris.
Would you like a little trash with your reading?
What now?
Now I wait for the release date. Oh, and try to learn about marketing, which, for an introvert, is pretty much akin to torture.
Please remember I signed with a small e-book and POD publisher, so my experience may be very different from those who sign with a more traditional publisher.
Have any of you gone through this process? What about your beta reads? Any major cuts you had to make? Was it painful? Did you sneeze on your beta reader?
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113 Responses to “Contracts, Edits, And Errata OR The Least Creative Title Ever”
A friend of mine is under contract for several book releases in 2013. (I believe three of these are with Harlequin.) I’m curious what she’ll say about the process when it’s all over. She doesn’t blog, but she has agreed to guest blog eventually. I’m sure we’ll try to coincide it with her book coming out. (Plus, hopefully, my own blog will grow in the interim.)
I actually find errata interesting. When you think about it, nothing makes a better story than life errata.
Congratulations to her. That’s wonderful to have a contract for several books. And I like your expanded view of the word ‘errata.’ It certainly is our mistakes we often learn most from.
i think this awesome. i can not wait to read your book and i love that you’re chronicling it here. that’s so cool. hmmm, as for me it’s been proposal and re-edit and proposal and re-edit. and now, a last edit from my agent with some different stats that she wants and then i finally think she’s running with it. and then, of course, i’ll have to write the actual book because the proposal is only a couple of chapters… i think i’ve said this before, but i’m so impressed that you’re doing fiction, as i find that extremely difficult. much love, sm
Thank you! And congrats to you on getting a book proposal accepted with an agent. Exciting stuff. But yeah, I suppose you do have to write it then…
if it gets a publisher, i’ll write it. that’s the big one… i guess it’s totally different when it’s non-fiction-esque. can not wait to read your book! you’ll have no problem plugging it. you have a huge platform here. xo, sm
Sounds tedious, but just wait until you have that book in your “hand”!!! (will it be both print and e?)
Yes, both print and e-book. The e-book will be released first, I suspect. Not sure how much later the paper book follows. Unfortunately, the paper books of small presses can be a bit pricey, but I can purchase copies with my author discount and then sell them locally, which is probably where they’ll be most effective. Thanks for your interest.
Okay, a silly thought just went through my mind. Remember the YouTube link you had about the poor author sitting alone at his signing table? You could avoid that by combining your book signing with a flu shot event. I said it was silly! But I thought you might get a laugh out of the image.
It’s funny you say that, because two days ago I went to CVS with my son and noticed they were already giving flu vaccines out. Jokingly, I said, “Hey, maybe I should see if they’ll let me sell my book here.” But then I thought about it–maybe not such a bad idea. They could have a stack of my books where people wait to receive their shot. While they wait, they can read my book–about a horrible outbreak. Then they will feel even better about getting their flu shot and maybe even buy my book to finish it.
Hey, they say to think outside the box. It appears you and I are. So maybe not so silly after all…
I appreciate you stopping back and posting that comment, because now I will think about it even more seriously. It can’t hurt to ask, anyway.
I keep seeing advice that we need to be creative in our marketing (oh, I dread that day), and a medical tie-in with your book makes sense to me! Totally irrelevant, but last year I got my first flu shot. My doctor said they’re recommended for most everyone now. Of course, I got sick more often and worse than I had in years. Logically, I know it’s coincidence, not causation. But my not-so logical side isn’t convinced.
I hope you hear about your release date, soon—maybe the fact that it’s now 8/29 means it will be 9/15. Or, as you said below, you might see it on Amazon first.
I figure I’ll just keep checking Amazon and one day will find it listed. Or someone will tweet me that my book is out.
As for the flu shot, I suspect your bouts of illnesses were purely coincidental. The flu shot contains inactivated virus. At least it doesn’t leave a scar like that godawful smallpox vaccine did. I believe I was one of the last years to receive it. My smallpox “tattoo.”
That’s just so wacky it could work. Flu shots and Carrie – Perfect together.
You never know till you try, right?
Carrie thanks for taking me through your journey. CONGRATS again! This is so exciting! I’m definitely bookmarking this post for future reference. Right now, I’m going through my manuscript with an agent and making revisions for a resubmit. It was more of a renovation than I expected, but the book is getting way better.
Good to hear. I have no doubt that you will land an agent. You’re so disciplined and committed. Just the fact that you’re making revisions based on an agent’s suggestion shows they’re interested in you. And when that Kourtney Heintz book comes out, I’ll be first in line. Along with Grandma H.
I just completed reading your three part saga and compliment you on your multi-year dedication. I’ll be very curious to see how you, the introverted non-marketer, will respond if you are asked to do something extroverted like speak about your book on a book tour.
Thanks for taking the time to read my posts and comment!
Yes, the face-to-face marketing will prove interesting. But even though I’m a Grade A introvert, I’ll muddle through it. I’ll just put on my social mask and get going.
As encouragement, a good friend, also a Grade A introvert, has completed his first book and has found himself promoting it on tour and doing quite well with speaking engagements.
Good to hear. Once I get word on when the paper version will be released, I’ll start working on some local venues–at the very least, some book signings. But who knows? Maybe someone will want me to talk about influenza.
Thanks again!
What you have described of the publishing process rings true for me, having spent the first few years of my working life (back in the Pleistoscene Age) at a textbook publishing company. Galleys, author proofs, errata… it’s all coming back to me now!
I’m very excited for the launch and can’t wait to read the book!
Thank you! You have had your fingers in lots of pies, haven’t you?
I’m embarrassed to admit I didn’t know what an errata was until I went through this process. Still sounds a little dirty to me…
I love my beta readers! They say flat-out, “This doesn’t work.” It hurts for the first few seconds, but then my innate anal-retentive pickiness kicks in and I’m compelled to not only change what they criticized, but also find the big-picture mistake that caused the problem in the first place.
In my latest book, my betas took issue with one line of dialog. They all agreed that the character wouldn’t say that, and they were right. Not only were they right about that one line, but I also re-edited the entire book and found a couple more instances where I’d put the wrong words in that character’s mouth because I wasn’t paying enough attention to his fundamental personality traits. One little criticism made the whole book better.
I don’t know what I’d do without my beta readers.
Sounds like you have good readers. It’s only natural to jump on the defensive at first–or at least that’s what I do–but then, once you sit back and think about it, you realize that their input has merit and will likely make the story better (just as you pointed out). The same can be said for agents that give negative feedback–and sometimes in a brusque way. But once my feathers smoothed, I realized how lucky I was that they actually took time to give me a pointer rather than just a form letter dismissal. I incorporated every piece of advice agents gave me, even if it came with a manuscript rejection.
This is very interesting info to read. Love the word ‘errata’. Sounds like the process was relatively painless (I’ve heard horror stories). How interesting that they have you copy/paste original incorrect sentence with the corrected version below instead of correcting original doc. Seems like extra steps, although I’m sure there’s a good reason for it.
Can’t wait for your big day!
Maybe it’s so they know you haven’t made any other changes to the manuscript that they don’t know about? Plus, once they format it, I guess it’s easy to mess up if someone other than the editor starts making changes.
And yes, “errata” is a pretty cool word, although technically, erratum is the singular form, but most people use the plural (something I looked up, though why I don’t know, considering it’s not like I have a lot of time on my hands…)
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I’m glad to see the press corrected your name in the forthcoming titles.
Now get that author page up and running!
They did give Connie the boot. That was nice to see. I have everything I need ready to put on my author pages (Amazon, Goodreads) but am waiting on the release, so I can include the appropriate links. And I think the publisher gets my Amazon author page going and I tweak it from there. I’ll do a Facebook page as well. As for my blog, I’m going to put up a static page. I emailed a few other bloggers who’ve published and have both a website and a blog. Two of the three told me the separate website wasn’t worth it, and a third said it was probably only worth it if I was a whiz at HTML, which I’m not. So at least, that’s one less thing to do. It was really great to be able to seek their advice.
You wrote a book and all you had to do was go back and make some minor grammar changes!!! Holy Smokes – that sounds like you nailed it! I hope all your hard work pays off and the book does spectacular! I can’t wait to read it – September is right around the corner.
Well, remember, I had a manuscript critique done early on. Believe me, after that, there were plenty of changes to be made. Big ones. Plot holes and structural weaknesses. Not sure if I fixed them all, but at least they passed the muster with these editors. And remember, it’s a small press, so their manuscript-acceptance criteria may be a little more lenient than a big boy press.
Don’t stop writing these posts now! Learning the pros and cons of marketing will be just as interesting.
For sure I’ll post on my marketing experiences as well. After all, the mission of this blog is to discuss my “transition” into writing (in a humorous way, of course) as others are surely doing the same.
Thanks for stopping by and for your comments. Is always appreciated.
Very welcome Carrie. I always love finding new, stimulating blogs to visit.
I had no idea about all of this stuff. It’s fascinating to read.
FB page is pretty easy. Join and make a page for your book and we’ll all like it, I promise.
Oh, good. Thank you.
From what I understand, you can now just set up a Facebook page instead of having to do the whole FB “thing.” It’s on my to-do list. Like so many other things…
Thanks for coming round.
Will wait impatiently for the FB page and the release date ~ really can’t wait!
Hmmm, I suppose I should get on this Facebook thing soon. Just not sure I have the time.
Thanks, Polly!
From what I’ve read, Author pages on Amazon, FB and Goodreads are more or less mandatory. :/ If you go to the Indies Unlimited site and look down the sidebar you’ll find a link to Tutorials. There are stacks of them and a great many are about these kinds of marketing issues. Doesn’t matter that you’re not an indie because the marketing remains the same.
Thanks so much for the info. I’ll check out that site.
It stipulates in my contract that I must have an author website, of which my blog serves the purpose. I will also set up an author page on Goodreads and Amazon once my book is out (though I think my publisher actually starts my Amazon author page, then I can tweak it.) I have a Facebook page on my to-do list as well. So many things I need to attend to this week. I have the info ready; I just need to set up the sites.
Thanks again. I appreciate any help I can get.
Candy Korman has been doing all of these things recently so I know a bit about the theory if nothing else
I’m taking notes for when it’s my turn. I’m not really looking forward to it.
I found that site. Lots of good stuff on it. Thanks again.
Haven’t published a book, but your experience makes for fascinating reading. And you’re an introvert….really?
I am indeed, but remember, introverts can function quite nicely on the Internet. It’s when it comes time to tote those books to local merchants that it becomes a bit frightening.
I love hearing about real-world experiences like this. The information is really helpful for that day when my books are ready, be it traditional print, e-press, or indie format.
I think the lack of major editorial changes means you did a good job getting together a solid, good manuscript. And I’m looking forward to learning your release date!
I hope that’s what the lack of major editing changes mean. But then, of course, Mr. Nasty Pants has to rear his ugly head and make me wonder if the manuscript was so far gone, the editor didn’t know where to start.
I’m glad to hear these posts have been helpful. Of course, I’m learning as I go, but I guess sharing that experience honestly is what this blog is about.
Hope you had a great break. I look forward to your return.
Old Mr. Nasty Pants is jealous of you and ticked off that you’re beating him.
That must be it. And I think he’s also jealous of my pants.
What an exciting time for you! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this post. Our little writers group is ready to go through the process with its first anthology. We have turned the manuscript over to Acorn Book Services for a professional reading. A detailed report will follow with suggestions for changes, content edits, layout, cover design, etc. Getting the feedback may or may not be painful. However, it should be enlightening, since it is a critical reading. I want to use the Press This function for your post to direct some of my readers your way, a) for the education and b) so you can market to them!
Hey, I certainly won’t complain about that. Spreading the word is always welcome.
Glad my post might prove helpful. I’m still learning as I go, that’s for sure.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Thanks for sharing your experience in getting your first book published. It’s interesting to notice how quickly the creative part of writing ends with your final draft, and how it’s all followed by editing, nitpicking and more editing. And now marketing. Argh, I’ve been in marketing for 15 years and I have no problem marketing a company or its products, but I can’t market myself for sh&%t.
That’s a good point I hadn’t thought much about–that the creative part is done fairly early and then starts more of the “work” phase. But I don’t mind editing, actually. I feel more pressure in the first draft phase.
Oh, boy, if you have trouble marketing yourself, then I know I’m in trouble.
I’m guessing your protagonist is female and she’s got some funny in her and some smarta*s. Am I right, Carrie? You’re such a talented writer but all of these steps sound complicated! Are/were they?
Look forward to hearing about your release date.
Thanks for the compliment, Brigitte. And yes, my protagonist is a very strong and smart woman. Unfortunately, given the premise of the novel, she’s not a bowl of laughs.
The steps aren’t so much complicated as nerve-racking while I wait to hear things. The ball’s in the publisher’s court. I just wait and do what I’m told. But I’m not complaining.
I learn so much from you! I love the insider’s view of the process that I hope is in my future.
That’s funny, because I learned so much from you! By the way, they got my acknowledgments in the book galley, and you’re there.
Can’t wait to read it!
Thank you! I appreciate that.
As you know, my experience with publishing has so far been kindle on Amazon. Hope to one day be offered a contract but I’m not holding my breath. Besides, from what I read so far it seems very stressful and I don’t do stress well. Congrats on making it this far and can’t wait for your book’s release.
Thanks, Wendy. It’s stressful in some ways, but in others it’s a relief–meaning I don’t have to do the formatting or book design or other technical measures. Sadly, I still have to do the marketing since it’s just a small press. But then again, even with the bigger publishing houses, authors need to do much of their own marketing.
I hear you on the marketing. I didn’t know a thing about that either and have only used my blog, website, facebook and twitter and I had to do everything myself, I made my own book covers and video trailers. They made not be professionally done, but whatever royalty I make on sales is profit.
I didn’t even bother with a trailer. I still need to set up a Facebook page, and once I get paper copies, I’ll start marketing locally. Face-to-face. Yikes.
I better start taking notes, just in-case I decide to take that big leap…
I bet you’d have some interesting tales to tell.
It’s really cool to get some insight into the process and some of your considerations. I’m sure to return to this at a later stage when I’m making some of my own planning.
Whoa, this almost sounded like a generic spam post: “Your site is very useful. Thank you for great content. I have bookmarked it.”
Just to prove it wasn’t – donkey banana goes celebrity verily! See, nothing generic about that!
Ha ha! Your clever wit always entertains and inspires me. Glad the post was useful, but I’m looking forward to my next one where I go back to writing useless drivel. Much less work when one doesn’t aim to educate.
Hehheee tell me about it, why do you think I settled on a humour blog?
“What if another book about an influenza pandemic surfaced? What if I got influenza and died?” — haha! — Good stuff, good stuff. I can’t wait to read this Carrie!
Thanks, Sandee. Here’s hoping we both stay influenza-free.
I keep saying this, but I am genuinely excited for you! YAY!
Thank you!
Sounds like you had your piece in good form before the editor got it. Usually authors talk about the horrendous amount of revisions they have to make after that point…but not you! Good job! I hear you about marketing torture. There is nothing worse.
I really hope that’s the case, rather than the editor felt the manuscript was so far gone he didn’t even know where to begin.
Yep, just can’t wait to start that marketing. Well, the face-to-face kind that is. I’m better with the online stuff.
I am so happy for you! And grateful you’re sharing the process with the rest of us. This is where all that analytical thinking is your strength – because you used it in making sure your book was ready and very little needed to be done. I suppose I’m more of a panster, so I’m having to edit, and re-edit and have my editor fuss at me for the third time that I’ve ended a story too abruptly. Keep em coming Carrie – definitely looking forward to your posts on the marketing process – that part scares the mess out of me!
As always, glad you found it useful. And I’m glad that left-sided brain of mine is paying off.
I’ll definitely periodically post on the marketing experience. I’m sure there will be plenty of fodder in that for this introvert.
That’s so great that your edits were so minor. I know people who basically had to rewrite large chunks of their books. But line edits really are the most tedious thing in the universe.
So are you psyched?? I mean, aside from the whole nightmare of having to market yourself, that is.
I am psyched but also scared. Maybe I’d feel better about the whole thing if I’d found a bigger-house publisher–they’d only take a manuscript if it was good, right? I worry a smaller press may be more lax with their submission process, so there’s still that factor of, “Oh, boy, is it any good?”
And I know self-doubt isn’t attractive, but if I’m not honest in my blog about making a transition into writing, then it wouldn’t be real. So I guess ya gots ta take the good with the bad.
Thanks for commenting!
Holy crap, Carrie!!! You wrote about a dog jumping over a fence!
I. Can’t. Wait.
Eric or Le Clown? Ummm….
I know, right? And there’s plenty more prose like that to be found in my book, don’t you worry!
Lots of hard work. I appreciate your work ethic. It’s interesting watching and reading your step by step process. I appreciate your hard work on editing your own work not leaving much for the senior editor. Looking forward to the grand unvailing of your book.
Thanks, Starla! As a fellow Midwesterner, I think you’ll agree those of us from the Dakotas and Montana and other states near there develop a pretty good work ethic from a young age. Must be all that trekking in deep snow.
Thanks, as always, for stopping by!
Up hill both ways! :+)
I hear you. And people think we’re being dramatic and exaggerative when we say we used to walk in freezing cold weather in deep snow drifts. Sadly, we’re not.
Thanks for this. I think a lot of us who haven’t been through it wonder exactly how the submission/editing process goes.
I know the feeling you describe when you wondered if your editor “forgot.” I was involved in something where my work was accepted for the first time, and I couldn’t shake the feeling that they’d given me the job by accident, and that it was supposed to go to the guy right next to me alphabetically.
Oh, yeah. I know that feeling. And of course, no one wants to be that annoying author (or client) that constantly shoots off emails–”Did you get to my edits yet? Huh, huh? Did ya, huh?” So we wait patiently, exposing ourselves to the flu at Wiggles concerts in the meantime.
Sorry about all the anxiety, but sounds like you prevailed and your hard work is about to be rewarded! Congrads! Hope it sells a million copies!
“Hope it sells a million copies!”—Ha! You and me both. But I’ll settle for the triple digits.
Thanks for the comment and thanks for the Twitter retweet. Is always appreciated!
You are welcome for the retweet!
It doesn’t sound like the process went too bad for you. No large changes or edits that way, and down to the small details pretty quickly.
Thanks for sharing, I find details on the process interesting, and should I ever get there, I will have something to start from.
I think you could get some more milage out of promoting your book on here. Perhaps you can run a post on what would be creative ways to promote it with some humour around the subject matter. Or we should think of a challenge for you to do linked in some way.
I will post from time to time on the marketing process–after all, the point of The Write Transition is to chronicle my journey. I just don’t want to overdo it, so I’ll pace myself.
Yes, the edits went pretty smoothly. I’d like to think that was because I’d already proofed and edited it so much, and not because the editor had no clue where to start with such a mess so just gave up.
As for humorous marketing, I made a joke in a comment a while back about finally posting that godawful 80s photo of my big hair and big red glasses if I sold a certain number of books. Maybe I’ll have to think of some others…
As always, thanks for coming by and sharing your thoughts.
I am in the process of rewriting Dead Blow for the umpteenth time. Part of me wants to throw the darn book on that trash heap, but I am stubborn as a 2 year old with his heart set on candy. I WILL write that book in such a way that I can be proud of it. And I WILL get it out yet this year!
I love your positive thinking. After all, that’s what gets results, right?
I don’t mind editing, actually. Well, the first few go arounds, that is. But after rereading a ms so many times, it all starts to sound robotic and boring. Or at least that’s what happens to me.
Yup. I love a brand new project. So, the next blog post will tell us the release date? I’m chomping at the bit to read about this scourge of Seneca!
I still haven’t heard if it will be Sept. 1st or the 15th. At this point, I suspect I’ll know after everyone else. Someone will email me and say, “Hey, I saw your book on Amazon!”
Nah. You’ll know. You’ll become like the rest of us and check all the distribution sites daily. Then you’ll do little dances when you get reviews or have sales. It’s fun…er uh…frightening.
I get to dance? Really? Awesome.
Carrie, Thanks for sharing your experiences. I haven’t been through this process but have friends who have done it both e-book and traditionally… I don’t think anyone makes it to the other side unscathed. Good luck with the marketing! Can’t wait to hear more.
Thanks, Anne. Now that phase one is done, it’s time to pull up my big girl pants and face phase two, which is actually more scary to me. Having people read your book and having to market it are frightening prospects indeed.
Hoping the waiting goes easily.
As far as influenza, consider how much some artists find their sales go up after they pass.
I would think about faking your own spectacular death to bump sales (personally, I’m a big fan of the “falling-into-the-chocolate-vat-at-Hershey-Park scam).
Ah, yes, the paradox that is posthumous success. The good news is, one’s book does far better than one ever imagined. The bad news is, one’s dead.
But death by chocolate? Definitely my way to go.
Thanks, as always, for stopping by and making me laugh.
I worked with a traditional publisher, but I was the co-writer. (A chef wrote the recipes, and I pulled the whole thing together in book form.) Still, I was nervous that they’d want major changes to my writing. It was a relief that they didn’t.
Line edits were a beast, simply because I had to make sure my writing partner was okay with everything. Tedious! How do I know if it should really be 2 tablespoons of salt?! In the end, it was very much worth the effort. And since the chef is the brand name on the book, she gets to do all the marketing!
I imagine having to do line edits between TWO people would be difficult. And isn’t it amazing how after reading through the ms so many times, you still manage to find something? At least that was my experience.
I’ll be interested in checking that cookbook out. I believe I saw a post of yours in my inbox that your book was out, so I’ll stop by later to read it. If you don’t see a comment from me, check your spam folder. Last time I ended up there.
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your experience.
You must have nerves of steel and a seat near the loo! Thanks for sharing your concerns, but I’m sure their needless. You’ve done well and I’ve a good feeling about your book. I’ll buy one of the first when your published. I have to, you’ve given me lots of good advice and I’ll want to see where I fall short.
Good luck to you1
Well, you are very kind, even though I worry wonderful words like that might be premature. It’s nerve-racking to think other people will now actually read one’s book, isn’t it?
Speaking of reading books, I still need to add yours to my queue of novels by bloggers I follow. I have quite a long queue, but I do manage to dent it. I’m down to just five unread ones on my Kindle now, so I’m making decent progress. It’s fun to branch out and read books of different genres. I’m usually a thriller reader through and through.
Thanks again for your kind words. They mean much.
I did not make the comments so that you’d buy my book. That was not my intention!
Oh, I know that! But I’m working my way through other blogger’s books. Not only is it nice to support each other, it’s good for me to branch out and read other genres.
Okay, young lady, I believe you. And talking of other genres I am at present reading Woolrych’s Britain in Revolution – very deep and a complete contrast to that I’ve written.
Oh, boy, I would like to say I read heavy material like that, but I’d be lying. Only rarely do I venture into weighty reads. That being said, I do like reading non-fiction from time to time.
Thansk you for purserverving.
-Nikki
Thank you for persevering…and sharing.
If I didn’t know that you possessed the clever wit that you do, I’d worry you wrote this comment a little tipsy. Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I’ll never tell, hiccup.