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Looks like the book is getting some attention. It's being reviewed by a NY publishing house and the review will be going online when they're done. It's nail-biting time on my end. If they like it, that's GOOD. If they hate it, that's REALLY BAD. All I can say is that I'm glad I've got my day job :D . We'll see how it goes.............
 

smkie

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Fingers crossed and of course they will love it, who could turn down a great dog story!!!!!
 

Aussie Red

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I Am So Happy For You My Friend. That Is A Fairly Good Review.most Critics Are There To Find A Reason Not To Like Something In My Opinion. I Still Say That I Personally Really Enjoyed Your Book And Am Going To Have My Daughter Read It Too.
 

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Wow. I would say your review is VERY complimentary. I read on down....interested as I am in this and this caught my eye....very funny. 'Gotta watch out for that 'ole automatic spell check. ROFLOL. Have a good laugh. That would be just awful if you got your book all finished and discovered that!!! I can relate because I'm plugging away on a book.

Part of my brain hunts down errors with a big stick and a shovel, it comes from writing, but I don't let them ruin my reading enjoyment unless they completely derail my experience-train. Let me give you an example. I won't expose the author since the work wasn't submitted for review, I'll just use a little bit under fair use.

"She had never before looked at herself in this manner and suddenly realized she would now be considered a young women back home and ready to be sutured by a young prince from a neighboring kingdom."

There. It doesn't really trip me that this girl has become plural (women), it's right after that. (BAM!) Sutured? Really? This character is uninjured at this point in the story and I can't seem to conjure any mental image for this that isn't, well, eeeewww. It took me a few moments to figure it out. Prince, aka, suitor. Oh, I get it, you meant Courted. Or possibly Wooed. Somebody let spell check fix a non-word into the closest thing it could find. The end result is that I'm reverse-engineering the author's intent and I'm not reading anymore. Not to mention that this is now the most memorable thing I took away from that particular story.
 

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Snook, how exciting! That's a great review. How much better can it get than to say your writing is 'honest'? Give me that over perfect apostrophes and a BS story anyday. Sounds like the reviewer wouldn't mind sitting on the tailgate swapping a six pack and dog stories with you. Way to go!
 

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Well, whatever reviewers say, I liked it. or at least, the preview I read. I will buy and read the whole thing, as soon as i get some money.
 

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