tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post3333343315438063648..comments2023-09-20T10:23:05.510+01:00Comments on With ink from the pink pen: FriendsColette McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-17466152200430122402013-02-13T07:14:24.146+00:002013-02-13T07:14:24.146+00:00Frances - I'm going to explain myself more cle...Frances - I'm going to explain myself more clearly in a post. Sorry to hear about your ipad problems.<br />Karen - thanks for the suggestion - I'll look them up.<br /><br />Frances- I did receive the first comment (as you can see) but I was at a meeting yesterday and didn't make it over here.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-23211640289155201182013-02-12T16:18:11.869+00:002013-02-12T16:18:11.869+00:00I did post a comment yesterday, Colette? Did you r...I did post a comment yesterday, Colette? Did you receive it? I ask because I have used your topic on my own blog. I also wanted to say that 300 words arent nearly enough to judge anything! I've read some marvellous novels where I would have given up after the first 300 words!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-87313853870720919622013-02-11T17:02:51.032+00:002013-02-11T17:02:51.032+00:00It is very difficult to know what to do for the be...It is very difficult to know what to do for the best, and RS could be right and there was nothing wrong with your excerpt. <br /><br />I hesitate to recommend people (in case it goes wrong!) but I had a critique and edit of my second novel from Fiction Feedback (www.fictionfeedback.co.uk) that I was very pleased with, and it wasn't overly expensive.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-5572917807859850962013-02-11T09:35:02.874+00:002013-02-11T09:35:02.874+00:00I would never ask a friend for this kind of apprai...I would never ask a friend for this kind of appraisal. Just supposing she hate it - unlikely, of course - what can she say? A great friend of mine sent me here novel. It was beyond awful! I'm afraid I scrabbled around for little nice things I could say, but hadnt the heart so say what I really felt. Only a dispassionate stranger will give you an honest verdict.<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br />(Forgive misprints. My iPad doesn't like going back again!)Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.com