From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   On Saturday, August 23, 2014 3:08:16 PM UTC+1, C. E. Gee wrote:   
   > On Sunday, August 17, 2014 3:23:35 PM UTC-7, Nicky wrote:   
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   > I'm too old to take on novels.  But with my sort stories, I self publish a   
   work only as a reprint OR after it's been rejected about a dozen times but   
   with favorable comments from editors or slush pile readers, OR one time as a   
   joke, which I notified my    
   readers of in the forward.   
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   > I STRONGLY recommend NOT self publishing without some sort of peer review   
   process.     
      
      
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   > This may be a problem with novels because of the lengthy submission   
   process.  So I would suggest having persons who ARE NOT friends or family read   
   the novel and give you honest opinions.   
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   Thanks.    
   I have had some great crits from people here and they have been honest.    
   However, I think that is the most difficult part and what puts me off. I think   
   I can manage major content edits but I am truly dreadful at copyediting.   
   Punctuation, consistency of    
   spelling, even consistency of names cause me trouble because I don't see   
   mistakes.    
   I have looked into pro editing services ( ie asking editors I know if they'd   
   do it) but if I paid market rates (and I wouldn't ask an editor to work for   
   less,) the costs would outweigh my likely sales.    
    In all the chat about the cost of ebooks etc I think the cost of good editing   
   is significantly undervalued. I have been saved from a million stupid errors   
   by good editors and I am fearful of going public without their input.    
      
   Nicky   
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