Combination
This will just be a quick note, until I can find time to expand the thought. Recently I've been sharing ideas with other authors on the value of grammatical and spelling perfection in a published work--even one sold for nothing. Reviewers seem to think that for having contributed not a penny they're owed perfection.
Such polish often (although not always) comes from the application of someone else's eyes and skill--an editor. It is the COMBINATION of two very different skills--the creative and the mechanical--that forges a masterpiece.
As a quick example of the value of this concept of polish, my 6-year-old daughter woke me up very early this (Saturday) morning to inform me that water is the combination of oxygen and hibernation.
Sounded good to me at the time, I have to say.
Such polish often (although not always) comes from the application of someone else's eyes and skill--an editor. It is the COMBINATION of two very different skills--the creative and the mechanical--that forges a masterpiece.
As a quick example of the value of this concept of polish, my 6-year-old daughter woke me up very early this (Saturday) morning to inform me that water is the combination of oxygen and hibernation.
Sounded good to me at the time, I have to say.
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Debra
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Sep 08, 2011 10:35PM
I am grateful that my publisher keeps a decent price on my book, as I worked plenty hard to polish it, paid an editor and have been holding my breath for quite some weeks since it was published. I encourage authors to charge reasonably for their books, except for perhaps a short promotion.
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Great points Debra; and your life ahead, that of tireless, skilled, and inspired service to the world's discerning readers, deserves to be financed by them! :)
