In reply to Joanne.

Thanks!

Not the kind of book I normally read..but I found the description vivid and prose interesting.

In reply to Heather Lovatt.

Yeah, I tweaked it in a couple of spots but essentially let the thing be what it is. If people read it and hate it, well, that’s what they’ll do. I like hearing from readers, especially when I get detailed feedback from beta readers, but at the end of the day I think you’re right: better to write another book than mess around with one that could be “shipped.”

When you wrote the book, did you like it? You’re still the most advanced of anyone in your thinking of this book, who is reading this storyline. Can you say that any reader is AHEAD OF you?

Of course not.

I used to write poems. Someone would comment on something, suggesting a change. I would reply, “then it would be another poem.”

Leave the book the way it is. I guarantee, right now, you are the story’s expert. You can always write another book, with a different ending.

You know?

Be well.

Heather

In reply to rebecca.

Probably not! But if my kid clearly needed a bath I might make a strong suggestion. 🙂

Gonna mess with it just a little bit more, then seek another couple of opinions…then probably just go ahead and publish the thing. My apologies for all associated delays, including for this response. Not really in an online mode out here.

So, if someone told you your human baby is ugly would you keep it from the world?