Giggles's profile

I am excited to be apart of writing communities that care about the craft. For five years now…nearly six if we are counting months…I’ve been diligently persueing publication of my novels.  And for the next five years I will most likely still be at it.  The point is, I’m not quiting!

As for my reviews, I offer advice to stories I feel connected with or to people who, based on profile review, I instantly like. I do my best not to be hostile or confrontational with my opinions nor will I offer a review that simply praises the work. I firmly believe that nothing is perfect, no matter how hard we strive for it.  There is always room for improvement. If I can help people climb a little further up the ladder, all the better.  

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I am excited to be apart of writing communities that care about the craft. For five years now…nearly six if we are counting months…I’ve been diligently persueing publication of my novels.  And for the next five years I will most likely still be at it.  The point is, I’m not quiting!

As for my reviews, I offer advice to stories I feel connected with or to people who, based on profile review, I instantly like. I do my best not to be hostile or confrontational with my opinions nor will I offer a review that simply praises the work. I firmly believe that nothing is perfect, no matter how hard we strive for it.  There is always room for improvement. If I can help people climb a little further up the ladder, all the better.  

I will say this about reviewing other peoples work, I’ve been a slush reader for a big publishing house for several years and swear the experience pushed my writing years beyond where I would have been had I trial and errored it on my own. Can’t tell you how many common mistakes many writers share that I was able to bypass because of it.

In essence, if you can push your ego aside and learn from others, this system will work. On the flip side of that, if you’re going to review other peoples work it is to your advantage to avoid all personal attacks. Only discuss the writing.  If something in the first paragraph discouraged you from going on reading it is okay to say so, but don’t make assumptions about the remainder work that you can’t back up because it only makes you look like an ass.

Remember we are all in the same boat and if you rock it we all will get wet.