Like most writers, I am a shameless tart for feedback. I absolutely love reading what people have to say about Sell the Pig on various sites Like Amazon.
But perhaps some of the hardest to come by is that dished out, often very grudgingly, by the ferocious pack of fellow writers on sites such as Authonomy. So it's always nice to get some positive feedback on there, like the latest comment for Sell the Pig from author Bea Sinclair:
"I have now finished reading all of the posted MS and can confidently say
that "Sell The Pig" is a well written and very enjoyable memoir. The
author's good humour shines through, even in the most difficult of
circumstances. Tottie is not afraid to say those things that we often
keep to ourselves. Every character is drawn in just the right amount of
detail and the story flows from their reactions to the trials that
befall them. I wish this book every success and it remains on my shelf."
Authonomy has a complicated ranking system whereby books move up through the ratings according to the number of comments they have, and who has left them, and how many bookshelves they are on. Of several thousand books on the site, little old Sell the Pig is currently sitting at No. 285, having shot up the charts in the very short time it has been there, only since February 2013.
All the more amazing as non-fiction, and memoirs in particular, often performs quite badly there.
So if you've not yet read Sell the Pig why not give it a go? The sequel should be out by the autumn and watch this space for some very exciting news about a change of publisher for the sequel.
Although it's not essential, you'll get more of a feel for the sequel if you read Pig first. It's available from all the usual Amazon outlets as well as from The Book Depository, who offer FREE worldwide delivery. What are you waiting for?
Goodness you're very brave to put anything up on Authonomy! I've only once put anything up on an on-line writers group, more as a dare to myself than anything eelse, and never again! It wasn't the negativity that I minded so much but being told to rewrite the whole thing by a man who admitted he never read the sort of thing I wrote and didn't know anything about it really stung!
ReplyDeleteLOL! I've had largely very positive comments, but did get some quite nasty jabs when I got sucked into the forum flame wars. One chap said mine was for entertainment value only, until I pointed out that there is nothing entertaining about dementia, depression or alcoholism at close quarters ;)
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