Failure to Communicate
I find it both amusing and disheartening the lack of communication that occurs between people trying to become published writers, and all the sites that profess to "help" the cause.
The biggest issue I have is the lack of concise, informative speak. Since I'm on Goodreads, I'll take them to task as an example.
On my Author's Site I have CONFRONTATION listed three times. I have no idea how that happened, but I am sure it was my own clumsiness. So I send a SUPPORT TICKET, because Goodreads cannot make themselves offer simple communication lines for help requests.
That was a month ago, and the site still shows three of the same book. There is a nice "add a book" link, but, of course, no easy (that I can find) way to delete a mistake.
This is not just a Goodread's issue -- it happens far too much across a number of writer-support sites. And I dearly love the "Go to FAQ's" before you bother us. FAQ's written months before the site went online by people on the inside -- not us.
My wish is that "writer-friendly" sites might write more friendly.
The biggest issue I have is the lack of concise, informative speak. Since I'm on Goodreads, I'll take them to task as an example.
On my Author's Site I have CONFRONTATION listed three times. I have no idea how that happened, but I am sure it was my own clumsiness. So I send a SUPPORT TICKET, because Goodreads cannot make themselves offer simple communication lines for help requests.
That was a month ago, and the site still shows three of the same book. There is a nice "add a book" link, but, of course, no easy (that I can find) way to delete a mistake.
This is not just a Goodread's issue -- it happens far too much across a number of writer-support sites. And I dearly love the "Go to FAQ's" before you bother us. FAQ's written months before the site went online by people on the inside -- not us.
My wish is that "writer-friendly" sites might write more friendly.
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