tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550459552528920427.post2032352060158606733..comments2011-01-03T10:15:46.671+00:00Comments on The Self-Publishing Review: A Voyage beyond Reason, by Tom GauthierJane Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550459552528920427.post-30759515021500621482009-11-13T17:31:47.589+00:002009-11-13T17:31:47.589+00:00Here's a link to the thread I just mentioned--...Here's a link to the thread I just mentioned--hope it's of interest:<br /><br />http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6710Jane Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550459552528920427.post-45396762439976798252009-11-13T17:31:11.804+00:002009-11-13T17:31:11.804+00:00Tom, sorry it's taken me so long to approve yo...Tom, sorry it's taken me so long to approve your comment: I don't seem to have received the email notifications I should have done, and you got stuck in the backlog I'm afraid.<br /><br />Congratulations on your honourable mention: that's really good news. I hope you go on to great success.<br /><br />As for your punctuation--it's always good when writers go out of their way to improve their work, so again, well done. If you're keen on working to improve even further you might want to read the Absolute Write thread called "Learn Writing with Uncle Jim" which I've linked to today on my main blog: it's a fabulous resource for writers who want to improve no matter what their standards. I've gained a lot from it, as have many others I know.Jane Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550459552528920427.post-54260818526227247142009-10-25T19:29:15.846+00:002009-10-25T19:29:15.846+00:00Hi Jane! Passing on the good news that I received ...Hi Jane! Passing on the good news that I received the following!:<br />"It is my pleasure to tell you that your book, A Voyage Beyond Reason in the Mainstream / Literary Fiction category, has been chosen as an Honorable Mention in the Writer’s Digest 17th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards. Your book will be promoted in the March/April issue of Writer’s Digest."<br /><br />I truly apreciate your detailed "technical" analysis. Can't tell yet whether it's a style thing or what. But I am being more cognizant of punctuation - sometimes choosing to go with some technical goofs in favor of "readers excited breathing patterns". <br /><br />TomTom Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754737621515582471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550459552528920427.post-47042013088650447232009-10-10T10:18:33.646+01:002009-10-10T10:18:33.646+01:00Tom, I'm afraid I don't have time to type ...Tom, I'm afraid I don't have time to type up all the notes I made and email them to you: but I can promise you that if I had found your comma-use effective no matter how unconventional it was, I'd not have pointed to it here.<br /><br />As for the editors you used, I notice that not one of them was a fiction editor, or even a book editor: perhaps that's why your book needs more work. I'm curious: did they give you general comments about part of the book, or did they all comment on the entire work? And at what level did they edit your work: did they beta-read it for you? Did any of them give you a full line-edit or structural edit? Did they copy-edit it for you? Or did they proof-read it? These are all different things and it's wise to distinguish between them.Jane Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411253302725735470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1550459552528920427.post-19186377439635491602009-10-01T18:35:21.102+01:002009-10-01T18:35:21.102+01:00A serious thanks for the analysis. I'm curious...A serious thanks for the analysis. I'm curious about your comments as my editors were a college English prof, a newspaper managing editor and two internationally published novelists. Without seeing your mark-up of 7 pages, perhaps your "comma concern" came from my free use of cumulative syntax (best explained by Francis Christensen and Dr. Brooks Landon. Adding modifier phrases to a base clause strives to match a readers breathing pattern as the dramatic arc ascends - much like poetry. Over 100 full reviews of this book have established its efficacy. The universal "complaint" has been that one should be warned that they "will not be able to put it down . . ."<br />I'd love to see your grammar "mark-up"! (tomgauthier@gotsky.com)<br />Tom Gauthier<br />author - A Voyage Beyond Reason,<br />Code Name: ORION'S EYE, and MEAD'S TREK (Nov '09)Tom Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754737621515582471noreply@blogger.com