From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com

On Saturday, August 23, 2014 3:08:16 PM UTC+1, C. E. Gee wrote:
> On Sunday, August 17, 2014 3:23:35 PM UTC-7, Nicky wrote:
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> I'm too old to take on novels.  But with my sort stories, I self publish a
work only as a reprint OR after it's been rejected about a dozen times but
with favorable comments from editors or slush pile readers, OR one time as a
joke, which I notified my 
readers of in the forward.
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> I STRONGLY recommend NOT self publishing without some sort of peer review
process.  


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> This may be a problem with novels because of the lengthy submission
process.  So I would suggest having persons who ARE NOT friends or family read
the novel and give you honest opinions.
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Thanks. 
I have had some great crits from people here and they have been honest. 
However, I think that is the most difficult part and what puts me off. I think
I can manage major content edits but I am truly dreadful at copyediting.
Punctuation, consistency of 
spelling, even consistency of names cause me trouble because I don't see
mistakes. 
I have looked into pro editing services ( ie asking editors I know if they'd
do it) but if I paid market rates (and I wouldn't ask an editor to work for
less,) the costs would outweigh my likely sales. 
 In all the chat about the cost of ebooks etc I think the cost of good editing
is significantly undervalued. I have been saved from a million stupid errors
by good editors and I am fearful of going public without their input. 

Nicky
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