Sloth.. Your Book
Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 4:13 am
To answer your question from god knows how many weeks ago, from my old blog... yes I have read your book, and found it quite good. It reminded me of Vurt, to some extent.
I did not find it "rife with mistakes" as you so put it, but I did find a few, mostly out of order sequences, undoubtedly due to writing a section then editing it, and forgetting what was written before it. Don't feel bad, it's the most common mistake and author can make (aside from spelling and grammar, but that doesn't count). I do it myself, constantly. All good authors do. And for that matter, I only saw a couple of incidences of it.
I have to admit, though, the ending aggravated me. I almost got the sense that you were tired of fucking with writing it, and ended it just to be done. So much was left unexplained. I can only assume you inteded it to be this way so you can collaborate with Irvine Welsh and make millions from a sequel.
I still plan to edit it for you, but things have been hard lately and after reading it (twice) I just haven't had the time to put my full effort into it. Anything worth doing and all that, you know.
Overall, a bizarre, unique and twisted look at the rave scene told from the perspective of a long time insider. I'm sure you know that your target audience is limited, put with a polish or two I think it could be picked up by a decent publisher. It's good enough.
-myxilplyc
I did not find it "rife with mistakes" as you so put it, but I did find a few, mostly out of order sequences, undoubtedly due to writing a section then editing it, and forgetting what was written before it. Don't feel bad, it's the most common mistake and author can make (aside from spelling and grammar, but that doesn't count). I do it myself, constantly. All good authors do. And for that matter, I only saw a couple of incidences of it.
I have to admit, though, the ending aggravated me. I almost got the sense that you were tired of fucking with writing it, and ended it just to be done. So much was left unexplained. I can only assume you inteded it to be this way so you can collaborate with Irvine Welsh and make millions from a sequel.
I still plan to edit it for you, but things have been hard lately and after reading it (twice) I just haven't had the time to put my full effort into it. Anything worth doing and all that, you know.
Overall, a bizarre, unique and twisted look at the rave scene told from the perspective of a long time insider. I'm sure you know that your target audience is limited, put with a polish or two I think it could be picked up by a decent publisher. It's good enough.
-myxilplyc