I have been a little less active on my blog this weekend. The reason for this is that I am now proof reading Though the Nethergate. It is a bit more of an effort than I expected as a lot of the thoughts of my characters throughout the book are not in italics as they need to be. I expect it went wrong somehow in the copy and paste process. I am being meticulous in checking that I catch them all as part of my changes. It is a time consuming process and I have spent a good few hours doing it this weekend. I still have 150 pages to go over the next week.
As I go along, I have been creating a few new picture advertisements to help advertise this new book. Let me know what you think of these two:
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That’s really good.
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Thank you.
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I like them both, but something about the second leaves me feeling more haunted, so I’d probably prefer that one!
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Thank you, it is so interesting to read the comments and see which one people prefer. The two quotes are fairly different in content.
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They’re both good ads, but I really like the second one because it makes me wonder, “Will she eventually go down there? And if she does, what dangerous thing will she find?”
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Thank you, Priscilla. This is useful feedback and I appreciate it.
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Not wild about the second one… Love the first –
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Thank you, Annette. That is because you are a poet, you like the poetic one and that is great.
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Editing can be so labour intensive but necessary. I like the first ad but would change the second ‘thick’ to something else.
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Well spotted, Darlene. I didn’t notice that and I have edited this book to death. Thank you!
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It’s because I am in the thick of editing myself! It takes one to know one. xo
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Interesting that we have such differing opinions; that’s what makes life interesting. I prefer the first one much more.
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Thank you, Pete. Posting these two different quotes has been most interesting. It is good to know what appeals to different people.
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Robbie… you doing less is still triple what most people can do. 🙂
I like the first one best. It’s very engaging. Nice work! Hugs.
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Thank you, Teagan. I am always interested to know how other people spend their time. I think most people spend less time working but I like writing and editing so I don’t view it that way. Thanks for expressing your opinion.
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Good luck with the editing. I know myself how time consuming that is.
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It is, Tori, but it is also a good learning process. Thanks for reading.
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I also like the overall look of the first image better than the second. And I second Darlene’s comment about “thick,” except I would just delete the first instance. And given that this is a dark story, I think I would delete “frothy” to minimize the alliteration in that sentence. (Sorry, Robbie, my inner editor popped out before I could restrain it). It’s exciting when a book is getting close to being published!
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Thanks, Audrey, this is great feedback and I appreciate it.
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You’re welcome, Robbie.
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I like both but I’m more drawn to the the first one’s poetic nature. Editing can be so time consuming!
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Yes, especially when you have already edited twice and most of my changes are due to incorrect typesetting but that is life and it has to be done. I am glad you like the first one. Thanks Denise.
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It looks and sounds very interesting.
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Thank you, Danny.
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I prefer the second one as it is more intriguing Robbie.
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Thank you, Brigid. That is helpful.
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Cheering you on, Robbie! 🙂
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Thank you, Natalie
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It’s always tough to beta overwritten works with abounding redundancy. The first is a glossy postcard that needs a visual thesaurus and the second illogical on its face. If she is standing (+immobile = redundant) how are the secrets gradually unfolding? Are her eyes getting used to the darkness? That “scene”, logically edited is 2 lines long. Standing, and the (descriptive) cellar’s siren song. Just my .02.
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Then she could maybe get wistful about the cellar and unfolding secrets.
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Well, we all like different things.
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Can’t imagine how tough it must be to edit your own book!
Prefer the artwork and layout of the first ad. The wording on both are enticing although I wouldn’t use the word ‘thick’ twice in the first one. Sorry you asked …
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Thank was a good observation. I am going to change it. Thanks Kate.
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welcome, sometimes another set of eyes .. glad you didn’t take offence but you had asked for comments 🙂
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I did, I am always pleased to get feedback so thanks again. You don’t always notice things like that even when you read it a few times over.
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happy to help when I can 🙂
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Robbie I prefer the first one. I’m in the process of editing too. We’ll have to cheer each other on!
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Yes, we definitely can. You won the giveaway for Dan’s book Double Blind, Marje. Could you email me at sirchoc@outlook.com so that I can get Dan to send it over.
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I also like both. I like the photo of the first with the words of the second.
The first photo to me interesting because looking at it you don’t know if the person has gone up or is going down.
But when you read the second set of words you know they are going down.
I think the words in the first have a sort of disconnect with the photo – the tree image doesn’t quite fit the stair steps and door.
(I too have been away and fear it may take a while to catch up…)
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I hope you had a lovely time away, Jules. I am looking forward to my holiday in August. Only six weeks to go.
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I’ve got another ‘learning get away’ this month. From there it is a guess how the rest of the summer will go. Maybe a short weekend away for an anniversary. Enjoy your holiday!
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PS the greenery background while after looking at it does look like foliage looked more abstract to me at first glance.
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