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Originally Posted by meeera
That's true: they're your advertisement for the book. A slapped-together cover says things like "I have also not had my book edited", whether or not that is true. Speaking of which, you have a comma splice in your second sentence and an apostrophe in possessive "its" in both your second and third paragraphs. I stopped there, and would not read further. I'm sorry, I'm not having a pointless or deliberate go at you, but pointing out something that I hope will be helpful.
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I don't have the money to pay for a professional editor, so I really do appreciate you pointing these things out without charging me!
The comma splice is just a factor of the unconventional writing style, but I do realize it's not for everyone. Although inexcusable, I just must have missed the "it's" vs. "its issue in the first few paragraphs and I do realize that small, overlooked errors like those really do effect whether a reader will continue reading or not. Although, I do hope you'll continue reading as the story does pick up quickly. But if you don't, I totally understand, as well. I just resubmitted my novella with apostrophe errors changed, by the way! Thanks again. - David