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Originally Posted by M. R. Mathias
It's not Hemingway its a one dollar short story...lol besides a few commas gives you guys something to talk about. If readers even notice then they need to be writers not readers. Authors always notice. And yes it was read by two people other than myself. Both highly educated educators. I can only think that the story had them so enthralled that they missed the few grammar mistakes.
And FYI if you uploaded it yesterday You would be getting a better edit than you would if you uploaded it last week.... Such is the digital world we live in! Thanks for the info though. It is selling at Amazon. Everything does. It just doesnt sell at Smashwords because everyone wants free books there.
As for the inconsistencies, well he's a pixie in a fairy tale. He is supposed to be strange. I call/refer to my dad as 'my dad' and 'my father' both. Don't you? That's normal not abnormal. It would be abnormal for him not to have variances and slang in his speech and action. He isn't a robot.
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English is my second language, and I haven't got a creative bone in my body, but I do spot mistakes/spelling errors... Writing would be no good for me, but maybe I could be an editor...
Maybe your 'highly educated educators' just read the story and commented on that more so than the writing itself.
Everyone doesn't want free books at Smashwords. I pay for more books at Smashwords than I do at Amazon. Amazon charges an extra $2 for some countries outside USA, so a book advertised as costing $8, costs me $10. At Smashwords I pay the price advertised...
Calling your dad 'father' and your mum 'ma' I see no problem with. In the earlier days kids never had a lot to do with their father, and had a huge respect for him (often addressing him as 'Sir')