Re: RI May 2018

From	ted@hotrod.bn02868.foressc.wayport.net (Ted Nolan)
Newsgroups	rec.arts.sf.written
Subject	Re: RI May 2018
Date	2018-06-04 23:21 +0000
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In article <b68b75cc-265c-4e24-80e6-e6ab135c90b7@googlegroups.com>,
Ahasuerus  <ahasuerus@email.com> wrote:
>On Monday, June 4, 2018 at 12:22:54 AM UTC-4, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
>> Species C1764: Book 1 of the Eridani Series 
>> by C.G. William  
>> https://amzn.to/2sugrsM
>
>It looks like it's also available from the author's Google Drive.
>The first page says "This Text may be freely distributed, All Rights
>belong to C.G.William".
>
>> [snip] And yet.  This book seems to be completely unedited.  There
>> is no doubt in my mind that the author works on a professional
>> level.. writing, but the steps *after* getting a great story down
>> on paper (or e-ink) have not been done. There is hardly a page
>> without bad homonyms, confusion between plurals and possessives,
>> one character named when another is meant, plainly missing sentences
>> and awkward sentences which could be easily fixed:
>
>I haven't compared various versions of the text (Amazon, WordPress,
>Google Drive), but it appears to be the same as what was called
>"Complete Beta Text" 2 years ago
>(https://www.reddit.com/r/CGWilliam/comments/3qwzdh/species_c1764_complete_beta_text/)
>
>> Oath Forger (Book 1): A Reverse Harem Sci-fi Romance 
>> by Nia Mars  
>> https://amzn.to/2spGXEn
>> 
>> Oath Forger (Book 2): A Reverse Harem Sci-fi Romance 
>> by Nia Mars  
>> https://amzn.to/2svhQPM
>> 
>> Oath Forger (Book 3): A Reverse Harem Sci-fi Romance 
>> by Nia Mars  
>> https://amzn.to/2kGf0ni
>> 
>> Oath Forger (Book 4): A Reverse Harem Sci-fi Romance 
>> by Nia Mars  
>> https://amzn.to/2J1tJb5
>> 
>> Oath Forger (Book 5): A Reverse Harem Sci-fi Romance 
>> by Nia Mars  
>> https://amzn.to/2LOPsRj
>> 
>> OK, this series was actually pretty mediocre.  I'm not sure how I
>> ended up reading all five [snip-snip]
>
>Because the first one was free, a well-known marketing strategy for
>certain ... products? :-)

Heh.  Very likely!

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RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-04 04:22 +0000
  Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-04 11:02 -0700
    Re: RI May 2018 ted@hotrod.bn02868.foressc.wayport.net (Ted Nolan) - 2018-06-04 23:21 +0000
    Re: RI May 2018 "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2018-08-18 20:08 +0000
      Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-08-19 02:20 +0000
  Re: RI May 2018 Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-06-04 14:39 -0700
  Re: RI May 2018 D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-06-05 12:50 +0000
    Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-05 17:39 +0000
  Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-07 09:21 -0700
    Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-07 16:52 +0000
      Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-07 14:20 -0700
        Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-07 21:25 +0000
          Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-07 14:56 -0700
      Re: RI May 2018 Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-06-07 16:46 -0500
        Re: RI May 2018 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-06-08 13:58 +0000
          Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-08 17:01 +0000
            Re: RI May 2018 Ahasuerus <ahasuerus@email.com> - 2018-06-08 10:30 -0700
              Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-06-08 17:34 +0000
  Re: RI May 2018 tsbrueni@gmail.com - 2018-08-19 07:52 -0700
    Re: RI May 2018 ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-08-19 16:32 +0000

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