Some funny pics and facts ))
Hello, dear friends!
I finished my book a month ago. All that month, I was rereading it, editing grammar, syntaxis, and punctuation, mostly.
It is not the easiest task when you read the same book for the tenth (twentieth? Fiftieth?)) time. Fortunately, I write the books I like to read myself, so it was not very tedious, but just time-consuming. I still like the story, though. (Try to say it after reading the same book several times in a month (❛‿❛✿̶̥̥)).
I printed it for convenience (very handy, highly recommend for proofreading))
Surely, it would be easier to learn all the rules before starting writing, but...alas! That’s the way the cookie crumbles. :)
The text mostly was left intact, though I tried to remove unnecessary sentences. So, my 204-page book turned into… 205-page book. I don’t know why. Well, I added more than a thousand characters, so I have some ideas but still...
(I love the pic, I've taken it from the Writes Club))
Some mistakes are still there. They are imperishable, so it’s another cast, I almost respect. They are like tardigrades, which are known to be the toughest animals in nature. So these resilient blunders of the language, which survived all the rounds of my proofreading, are great role models — nothing can fight them off. :)
If you can send me the ones you find in my book, I’ll be very grateful to you. Probably, I'm on the stage when I'm not able to see them anymore (or I subconsciously refuse to accept them, who knows?))
I’ve been lucky to find an English-speaking proofreader, who is also a teacher of English (God bless you, Kathy!), so my book will be perfect someday. )))
At least, I mean the language. For me, it is perfect already. Yeah, self-criticism is not my strong feature. )) That’s why I always welcome any criticism from the readers. :)
Thank you very much, dear friends!
If you decide to reread it too, I hope you will like it even more after I’ve deleted several pages of mistakes, added commas, and improved some lines (I count on that being true)).
If you haven’t read it yet, please, give it a try. I’ll be happy to know what you think of it. :)
(the cover is clickable))
Thank you again!
Have a wonderful day!
PS Here is a smiling tardigrade, wishing you to be as life-loving as it is. ≧◠‿◠≦✌
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Log inIt’s amazing! You write in English. ❤️
Miss D, Thank you very much for your support and kind words! ❤️
Self-criticism is well your very strong feature =)) I've read your book in Russian, and I can attest it's a good one. So I look forward to read this one too!
Наталия Арчер, :-)
"Time is still the best critic, and patience — the best teacher".
F. Chopin
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