From: roger103 -II

Re(3): Eric Olafson, Neo Viking (Vol 1 GC 27) - Chapter 33

From: roger1038/2/2019, 2:27:04 PM

I apologize for not reading the blog. As I said, I am enjoying the stories and have not gotten to your latest releases. I find your imagination at least on a par with Gordon Dickson's Dorsai series. I was not complaining.

Thank you for sharing your work.

Charles Kenyon

On 2019-08-02 Vanessa Ravencroft said:

> Dear Friend, > > thank you for your offer. Have you had a chance to read my blofg > regarding Editing? > Here is what I was saying: > > A word about Editing > 7/27/2019 Posted at 1:14:20 AM > > 1) This is a FREE site with free stories. You don't pay a cent > for reading. meaning I don't get a cent for writing. > Yet I need to eat, pay the light bill and massive medical bills. > In order to do pay all this, I need to work. Meaning I have only > a little time to write. > So if you don't like what you read, don't read it. No one forces > you to read chapter 2 if you think Chapter 1 is garbage. > > 2) Even the greatest authors and writers have professional > editors and you won't see a single line in print until it is > edited. And then you pay for that book before you can read it. > > 3) The Free editors on this site are for the most part amateurs > and not very committed. One guy completely re-wrote my story, > garbled it up and quit after eight chapters. > Most of them offering edits and then quit, realizing how much > there is. > Now I don't blame them, because I can't pay them for their > service and able to make demands. > > 4) I am pressed for time. Extensive editing takes away time from > writing. > > 5) I acknowledge the fact that I need editing, but I need > professional editing and that I can't afford both money and > time-wise. So I started doing it as suggested in the previous > blog. > I have two guys doing it and I am able to compare and apply or > don't apply the suggested edits. > > Thanks for reading > > Vanessa > > > > On 2019-08-01 roger103 said: > > > I wrote at the end of this story that I am volunteering to act > as > > an editor for you. The offer is genuine. I admire your talent > and > > storytelling ability. > > > > Charles Kenyon