as someone who's already watching crow caller's lightlark video multiple times, listening to the bingo being read off and knowing what's coming has me dying inside. with laughter or dread, im not sure.
The entire time I was watching this I kept yelling “EXACTLY!!!” Because everything you said in the first chapter or were confused about was how I felt too lol
Like there is SO much potential to this story but it just doesn’t deliver (i wonder if this is because the editing and publishing portion were rushed? Idk I feel like with more time and effort it could’ve been great)
@@nutmegandpumpkin This was the sense I had trying to get through the sample of it on amazon. (I didn't get through it.) If she'd just taken more time this could have been something fun and new. I hate the way people push books out with all these promises that aren't there.
Yesss I love your readalong videos and I knew this would be a juicy one. I agree that the lack of animal companions is such a waste! It would have been an interesting coverup for her lack of powers too, if she could use her animal companions in the centennial. Anyway, love the return of 'get ready for disappointment.mp3' and can't wait for the next one (I hope this one is easier on you than a night and it's moon lol)
Enemies-to-lovers and villain-gets-the-girl, huh...? Having binged this readalong many a time, i can't help but agree with the later assessment that those two promises def suggest that Isla should've ended up with Chloe, or maybe Celeste.
I realised a while back that YA is just not for me, at least not this new modern type of YA, but I'll thoroughly enjoy your read along. Btw, these are my favourite videos of yours. Oh my gosh, the names in this book!🤕 The bandage is due to how hard I facepalmed myself... Star-stick? Really?
@@alpha1solace Haha, sure! Though the problem isn't that I can't picture it, it's that it's called "a star stick" when the book is not middle-grade and has a love triangle.
You did not just introduce us patrons with a clip from "The Room" lol. I love it. Also, can't wait for this new read along. "The night and it's moon" was one of my faves of yours so far, followed by "Saviors Sister" and "the cellar".
Just came across your channel, and I LOVE your vibe! Intelligent, funny, well-spoken critique. Can I also say it's refreshing that you can critique a work without completely eviscerating the author? I'll be checking out the rest of the videos in the series. Awesome job, Julian!
Oh boy more Lightlark content! Also I read the book and think that every -ling are humans, I think Aster just wanted to clarify that they are eating human hearts as opposed to like cow hearts.
YES. I'm also trying to get my passion project (something I've worked on for more than a decade technically) traditionally published, and I don't currently have an agent. This isn't unusual! I'm not special! She's not special! 🤣 What I'm doing now is writing a different novel that might be more appealing to the mainstream, and I'll end up querying THAT book once it's revised multiple times
I always love learning in detail what works and what doesn’t, at this point in my writing, it’s more useful than generic advice. I look forward to binging all your videos and learning from you! :)
Ah, yes, the first draft trainwreck. I'm going to enjoy watching you jump into this, lol. As a side note, I like the train noises. It adds a little ambiance, perfect for reading.
as a writer, I am not jealous of Alex Aster. I think this is partially because of the stage of my writing I'm in? I haven't published any long pieces yet, and I'm editing a novel I've been working on for several years, but am not looking for a publisher yet because it's nowhere near ready. If I had been looking for a publisher for a long time, or struggling to sell books for a long time, I would desperately want to be in Alex's shoes, but right now I'm really scared of not getting an editor who gives me good advice and teaches me how to improve my story without murdering all my darlings. And I'm really scared of getting cornered into making a book that isn't the best I can make it. And I don't think Alex had adequate time or adequate good feedback to make her book the best it could be and that sounds like a terrible position to be in I'm... kind of scared of being there?
saw a review that was talking about how Lightlark isn't just Aster's fault its also her editor & publisher's, like it could have been a better story if they helped her make it better and I think thats really true not saying she hasn't had a lot of priviledge and luck!! she just also put herself in/got into a position that sort of bit her back in the end
@Arianna Y at this point I'm convinced there wasn't a developmental edit at all. It was just rushed to publication. She made enough in pre-sales I bet it didn't matter at all to them if the book sucks
I really love this read along concept, I feel like its what I have been craving from booktube! I bought your book too (the wolf and the hawk) but not to pick apart I promise 😛- I also write fantasy and I am all about supporting!
I was picturing a floating sky Island as well. Think it’s just a fantasy trope that automatically comes to mind. But it’s disappointing. Also another video pointed out that there are a lot of islands/isle in this book and the lead is an Isla it can get confusing.
Nightling, Voidling, Duskling, Shadeling... I'm not saying any of these are good but I only spent one second thinking about them :/ Don't you always draw one of the many weapons you carry with you when someone complains about their hair?? Maybe it was for an emergency haircut, who knows. To sit on enough money to follow your passion without worry, sounds wonderful. I'm right there with you in the "envious and kinda mad" corner. I didn't expect much after listening to the blurb already but I am prepared for more disappointment!
I'm fat and middle-aged, I'm not even going to try to make it big on TikTock. The author/agent relationship is a business one, at the foundation. How is "clickbait novel" a good thing, in any way? There have been books I've put down after one line, but it's been a "NOPE" thing rather than it not being "interesting" enough. And the main character in a book about an island is literally named island, but in Spanish. All I know about this book is that a lot of people are really mad about it for some reason.
Isla IS the Island: A once in a lifetime Isla-nd with twin mountains reaching high into the clouds, to the Heavens, and a gushing inlet- nevermind, this is getting inappropriate right quick 😆
Here are my running disorganized thoughts as I watch the read along: Nothing wrong with Bad Book Bingo as long we're being cheeky about it and learn some important lessons along the way. And sometimes books be bad but lets all remember there are very many flavors and degrees of trash that conissuers can discern and "appreciate." I feel this book was rushed out to be sold as I doubt Aster was working on this book for a decade straight, but rather working on and off it in pieces over the years while working on other projects. The rushed publishing process might have hurt Aster in terms of plotting and story structure. Though it seems Aster had some grammer and formatting edits which is better than The Night & Its Moon. It's strange to see the book space go through what video games suffered with overhyped marketing and very underwhelming (or failed promised) delivery. Aster may have avoided some of the disappointment and backlash if she had been more transparent about the her economic status and the process of edits/publishing. Also maybe not advertise based on just tropes or a checklist of popular character interactions. This is what I like to call advertising stuff based on ingredients rather what the recipe or actual end product is I will give Aster a little bit of leeway (like 15%) here and also ask potential book buyers to take all advertising (especially overhyped stuff that promises everything you can think of) with some caution. Do not fall prey to easy buzzwords without thinking on how an end product will achieve these promises. Being in the video game space has taught me and many others that lesson. Also she gave away the love triangle winner in the promised tropes list by saying the bad boy/villian will get the girl when the hypothecial appeal of a love triangle is the dynamics and the development for the characters with the whole who will they choose? The first chapter was not so bad and if the book keeps this minimun quality then we can call it a very medicore book with terrible marketing tricks to get people on board.
Good for our entertainment but bad for her, this book gets so much worse. I think she bit off way more than she could chew as a young, inexperienced author
@@JulianGreystoke That sucks for Aster and Lightlark. I will also take this as another cautionary lesson and reminder (like with The Night & Its Moon) to be careful in not rushing into publishing a rough draft version of a passion project the first opportunity you get without proper story structure revisions, grammer edits, practice, and formatting.
To me, if nothing else, excessively flowery prose sounds like trying too hard, and I'm not sure it's possible to not try and try too hard at the same time.
I really love hearing someone else not bother with tiktok content. Content bubbles, addictive use, weird amount of user surveillance... Call me a doomer but im already exhausted with most social media, tiktok would literally kill me lol.
As far as I'm concerned it's just one of those genre things. like bank heists, prison breaks, or zombies that you can't really go wrong with, dramatically - in theory. I also think in an anthropological sense, it's hard for the culture to shake off resonant symbols. We live in a time of gross inequality, gladitorial combat is a convenient and accessible metaphor for a number of social anxieties that have unfortunately become fairly universal. Especially the callous hedonism of the elite, and the frank disposibility of the general populace. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
I have never heard of this before. Are you saying 'heart book'? Is this a phrase or term?? "...if the promise was in the description does it count..." she had to type it so yes. "...awkward sex scene..." if it were the second one then it should be somewhat awkward and that is a good thing.
I was thinking after hearing discussion about "feminine" genres and lack of rom com movies and thought: I feel bad that these are always written by women. But then I remember I still have your The Ables to finish and go mmmm nnnnn ehhhhh. Star stick. Sailor Moon wand. It is in my mind now.
And she called it a stick. For god's sake. A corndog? Terra, clankung and clanging...are they not in a sheath?? I am curious about the good way to establish a character is skilled at a thing without spending a lot of time on it. But maybe I am getting colored by watching too many of these. You say Isla and my brain is switching it o Leyla?? Only hope...Leia...islae...leila...
Ok, but how is a novel being a clickbait novel a good thing? I usually associate clickbait with a lot of disappointment. Yes, in the best way clickbait can grab attention and be what was promised, but usually?
This is why I don't get the backlash to her calling it "The world's first clickbait novel" considering, we are told, she went out of her way to entice her gullible target audience with misleading promises and outright lies. So if she really did this then that's what it is. That's how clickbait is defined. It's the only true thing she said about it.
I feel like I'm an anormality writing leading men instead of women as main characters. There are women in my books and some of them kick ass but they are diverse since it's ok to have an other bodytype or be an introvert or not f** any starstick you find. Btw I picture a magical girl anime item that spews stars during the magical transportation dance. I'm looking for books with different heroines but it seems the heroin needs to be a pretty boss girl havins sassy O's for breakfast.
The rise of the Usually White, Sassy, & Tuff Heroine t.m. who gets always her way, is naturally beautiful/feminine unlike the "bad girls" who have to put effort in their appearance or didn't earn it by swordfighting, and is always right no matter the war crime she did like the villian (and not much else) in YA and NA books came from the popularity of books like ACOTAR and its copycats/deriatives (one of the inspirations for Lightlark funnily enough). I stopped reading much YA (and some Adult and NA) books that that invoke being like ACOTAR or its many cousins in the marketing nowadays.
Well I appreciate the effort and the time that you put into this, I do feel like it’s a bit mean-spirited. It’s hard to do anything, much less write a book. that said, I am an old-school cornball.
Writing books is very hard. I do it too. But a part of writing a book and putting it into the world is that once it's there, people can critique it. Folks could do this same thing to my books if they wanted. That said, I encourage all authors to give their books more time in the editing room than I suspect this one ever got!
@@JulianGreystoke Fair enough. I just published my first last year and have another one coming out this summer and I had a mild panic attack listening to your show, imagining if it were my book. That said, I kept listening. :)
Why are people upset she had help or didnt have to worry about food or shelter? She said she has had hardship and that is true. Some people have it harder and she doesnt deny that.
First time here. Had to stop when you acted like English is the only language. You DO realize you're butchering the pronunciation of her name in at least 3 languages, right? (Portuguese, Spanish and Italian)
The Book is in English and written by an English speaking American, so I'm not sure what you're expecting. But do let me know how to pronounce it in other languages, I'm curious!
I think you’re underestimating tik tok as a marketing tool. I don’t go on booktok, but the algorithm like curates the users experience and it will put you with people who are like you. So I feel like the chances of your book being plopped in front of someone who would look at you and say you’re “old” or something is low.
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I'm addicted to these read alongs. It's like a "what not to do" guide for my own writing lol.
Yes, they help me alot.
Sometimes I get an internal, "how would this sound in a read along" when editing
@@alpha1solace it will!! This is helping everyone!! 👏👏👏🎊
as someone who's already watching crow caller's lightlark video multiple times, listening to the bingo being read off and knowing what's coming has me dying inside. with laughter or dread, im not sure.
The entire time I was watching this I kept yelling “EXACTLY!!!” Because everything you said in the first chapter or were confused about was how I felt too lol
And I also imagined a floating island and animal companion and was severely disappointed as I continued reading :,-)
Like there is SO much potential to this story but it just doesn’t deliver (i wonder if this is because the editing and publishing portion were rushed? Idk I feel like with more time and effort it could’ve been great)
@@nutmegandpumpkin This was the sense I had trying to get through the sample of it on amazon. (I didn't get through it.) If she'd just taken more time this could have been something fun and new. I hate the way people push books out with all these promises that aren't there.
That domino meme: Me discovering Lightlark -------> Spite-writing my own passion project because I can't be worse than this.
Yesss I love your readalong videos and I knew this would be a juicy one. I agree that the lack of animal companions is such a waste! It would have been an interesting coverup for her lack of powers too, if she could use her animal companions in the centennial. Anyway, love the return of 'get ready for disappointment.mp3' and can't wait for the next one (I hope this one is easier on you than a night and it's moon lol)
Enemies-to-lovers and villain-gets-the-girl, huh...? Having binged this readalong many a time, i can't help but agree with the later assessment that those two promises def suggest that Isla should've ended up with Chloe, or maybe Celeste.
I realised a while back that YA is just not for me, at least not this new modern type of YA, but I'll thoroughly enjoy your read along. Btw, these are my favourite videos of yours.
Oh my gosh, the names in this book!🤕 The bandage is due to how hard I facepalmed myself... Star-stick? Really?
Previous one had an error I tried to correct with RUclips editor and only made worse so I just had to re-upload the whole thing
@@alpha1solace Haha, sure! Though the problem isn't that I can't picture it, it's that it's called "a star stick" when the book is not middle-grade and has a love triangle.
"Pictured things from sex toys" the chill way you said gave me a good laugh.
I instantly though like sailor moon staff or something.
You did not just introduce us patrons with a clip from "The Room" lol. I love it. Also, can't wait for this new read along. "The night and it's moon" was one of my faves of yours so far, followed by "Saviors Sister" and "the cellar".
Just came across your channel, and I LOVE your vibe! Intelligent, funny, well-spoken critique. Can I also say it's refreshing that you can critique a work without completely eviscerating the author? I'll be checking out the rest of the videos in the series. Awesome job, Julian!
Welcome welcome!
Oh boy more Lightlark content!
Also I read the book and think that every -ling are humans, I think Aster just wanted to clarify that they are eating human hearts as opposed to like cow hearts.
YES. I'm also trying to get my passion project (something I've worked on for more than a decade technically) traditionally published, and I don't currently have an agent. This isn't unusual! I'm not special! She's not special! 🤣
What I'm doing now is writing a different novel that might be more appealing to the mainstream, and I'll end up querying THAT book once it's revised multiple times
That's the best method! Keep writing and maybe a future book will act as a gateway to help your heart book find a home!
Hype hype hype!!!! This gives me a good reason to wake up from my nap at a reasonable time lol.
Glad to help lol
Julian: agent breakups happen to everyone okay. most people aren't married to their first agent
skirt made out of weapons would be metal (pun intended)
I always love learning in detail what works and what doesn’t, at this point in my writing, it’s more useful than generic advice. I look forward to binging all your videos and learning from you! :)
I love these read alongs!!
Also deeply grateful you do this amazing research before hand!
I read Lightlark to be able to judge the drama myself and listening to you list your bingo has me cackling before you even begin reading
AHHH a Homestar Runner Strongbad reference in our year of 2022???? I am so happy!!!🤩
Ah, this read along is making work so bearable. Thanks Julian!
Ah, yes, the first draft trainwreck. I'm going to enjoy watching you jump into this, lol.
As a side note, I like the train noises. It adds a little ambiance, perfect for reading.
as a writer, I am not jealous of Alex Aster. I think this is partially because of the stage of my writing I'm in? I haven't published any long pieces yet, and I'm editing a novel I've been working on for several years, but am not looking for a publisher yet because it's nowhere near ready. If I had been looking for a publisher for a long time, or struggling to sell books for a long time, I would desperately want to be in Alex's shoes, but right now I'm really scared of not getting an editor who gives me good advice and teaches me how to improve my story without murdering all my darlings. And I'm really scared of getting cornered into making a book that isn't the best I can make it. And I don't think Alex had adequate time or adequate good feedback to make her book the best it could be and that sounds like a terrible position to be in
I'm... kind of scared of being there?
saw a review that was talking about how Lightlark isn't just Aster's fault its also her editor & publisher's, like it could have been a better story if they helped her make it better and I think thats really true
not saying she hasn't had a lot of priviledge and luck!! she just also put herself in/got into a position that sort of bit her back in the end
@Arianna Y at this point I'm convinced there wasn't a developmental edit at all. It was just rushed to publication. She made enough in pre-sales I bet it didn't matter at all to them if the book sucks
Im not on tiktok either. I feel ya
I read Lightlark and honestly the writing was so bad it was funny
I appreciate the info on info dumping 😊 I was having issues wondering what it was!
Notification set and ready!! ❤
Looking forward to this one! The definitive readalong. Plus Alec Guinness. In one clip you showed more class than this whole novel!
I really love this read along concept, I feel like its what I have been craving from booktube!
I bought your book too (the wolf and the hawk) but not to pick apart I promise 😛- I also write fantasy and I am all about supporting!
I hope my book brings you joy! Or at least makes a good door stop. I don't judge lol
I was picturing a floating sky Island as well. Think it’s just a fantasy trope that automatically comes to mind. But it’s disappointing. Also another video pointed out that there are a lot of islands/isle in this book and the lead is an Isla it can get confusing.
The Title! I - Julian! Nooo 💀
I'll be back...🤣
Oh boy, coming from the 'The Night and it's Moon' readalong I can't wait to find out if we get a plot in this one :D
Alright im finally here (while i edit a video) and im SO EXCITED bad book bingo is back
"its very my little pony" LMAOOO
i. fucking. WISH. that she had had an animal companion THATS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IN FANTASY.
:--D happy new year Rachel!!! And everyone-- Lightlark really is bringing all of us together 😤👌
Isla not Eyela 👀
hahaha
Im so glad I was able to make this one!
I feel that same about Tik Tok, but I may get one so my little sister can send me Tik Toks easier, she keeps asking. Aww always lovely to see Obi-Wan
This is such a great video! I really appreciate your insight and love your takes!
Nightling, Voidling, Duskling, Shadeling... I'm not saying any of these are good but I only spent one second thinking about them :/
Don't you always draw one of the many weapons you carry with you when someone complains about their hair?? Maybe it was for an emergency haircut, who knows.
To sit on enough money to follow your passion without worry, sounds wonderful. I'm right there with you in the "envious and kinda mad" corner.
I didn't expect much after listening to the blurb already but I am prepared for more disappointment!
Also I pictured the Starstick to look like a Quarter staff sized sonic screwdriver (13's maybe?)
Because of the Labyrinth clip, I am a fan!
I'm fat and middle-aged, I'm not even going to try to make it big on TikTock.
The author/agent relationship is a business one, at the foundation.
How is "clickbait novel" a good thing, in any way?
There have been books I've put down after one line, but it's been a "NOPE" thing rather than it not being "interesting" enough.
And the main character in a book about an island is literally named island, but in Spanish.
All I know about this book is that a lot of people are really mad about it for some reason.
Isla IS the Island: A once in a lifetime Isla-nd with twin mountains reaching high into the clouds, to the Heavens, and a gushing inlet- nevermind, this is getting inappropriate right quick 😆
@@laurasalo6160 Oh god! That's a horrible coincidence if she didn't mean the subtext 😆 And if she DID mean it... OOOF!
Alex ran pictures of herself and she is an attractive girl she attracted millions of viewers one day after her ad on Tik Tok
New readalong!!!!!
Here are my running disorganized thoughts as I watch the read along:
Nothing wrong with Bad Book Bingo as long we're being cheeky about it and learn some important lessons along the way. And sometimes books be bad but lets all remember there are very many flavors and degrees of trash that conissuers can discern and "appreciate."
I feel this book was rushed out to be sold as I doubt Aster was working on this book for a decade straight, but rather working on and off it in pieces over the years while working on other projects.
The rushed publishing process might have hurt Aster in terms of plotting and story structure. Though it seems Aster had some grammer and formatting edits which is better than The Night & Its Moon.
It's strange to see the book space go through what video games suffered with overhyped marketing and very underwhelming (or failed promised) delivery.
Aster may have avoided some of the disappointment and backlash if she had been more transparent about the her economic status and the process of edits/publishing. Also maybe not advertise based on just tropes or a checklist of popular character interactions. This is what I like to call advertising stuff based on ingredients rather what the recipe or actual end product is
I will give Aster a little bit of leeway (like 15%) here and also ask potential book buyers to take all advertising (especially overhyped stuff that promises everything you can think of) with some caution. Do not fall prey to easy buzzwords without thinking on how an end product will achieve these promises. Being in the video game space has taught me and many others that lesson.
Also she gave away the love triangle winner in the promised tropes list by saying the bad boy/villian will get the girl when the hypothecial appeal of a love triangle is the dynamics and the development for the characters with the whole who will they choose?
The first chapter was not so bad and if the book keeps this minimun quality then we can call it a very medicore book with terrible marketing tricks to get people on board.
Good for our entertainment but bad for her, this book gets so much worse. I think she bit off way more than she could chew as a young, inexperienced author
@@JulianGreystoke
That sucks for Aster and Lightlark. I will also take this as another cautionary lesson and reminder (like with The Night & Its Moon) to be careful in not rushing into publishing a rough draft version of a passion project the first opportunity you get without proper story structure revisions, grammer edits, practice, and formatting.
Been looking forward to this.
I actually read this book so it'll be cool to see how your perspective differs!
Imo it's not very good...
These videos make my week!! ❤
To me, if nothing else, excessively flowery prose sounds like trying too hard, and I'm not sure it's possible to not try and try too hard at the same time.
This author found a way lol
I can't find the 3rd part of lightlark read along. The playlist only has 1st 2nd & 4th part :(
Oops, that's on me I must have forgot to add it. I'll get that asap
Love your rules! 😂
I really love hearing someone else not bother with tiktok content. Content bubbles, addictive use, weird amount of user surveillance... Call me a doomer but im already exhausted with most social media, tiktok would literally kill me lol.
WTF is it with death competitions?
They seem to be the thing right now
As far as I'm concerned it's just one of those genre things. like bank heists, prison breaks, or zombies that you can't really go wrong with, dramatically - in theory. I also think in an anthropological sense, it's hard for the culture to shake off resonant symbols. We live in a time of gross inequality, gladitorial combat is a convenient and accessible metaphor for a number of social anxieties that have unfortunately become fairly universal. Especially the callous hedonism of the elite, and the frank disposibility of the general populace.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
I have never heard of this before.
Are you saying 'heart book'? Is this a phrase or term??
"...if the promise was in the description does it count..." she had to type it so yes.
"...awkward sex scene..." if it were the second one then it should be somewhat awkward and that is a good thing.
I was thinking after hearing discussion about "feminine" genres and lack of rom com movies and thought: I feel bad that these are always written by women. But then I remember I still have your The Ables to finish and go mmmm nnnnn ehhhhh.
Star stick. Sailor Moon wand. It is in my mind now.
And she called it a stick. For god's sake. A corndog?
Terra, clankung and clanging...are they not in a sheath??
I am curious about the good way to establish a character is skilled at a thing without spending a lot of time on it. But maybe I am getting colored by watching too many of these.
You say Isla and my brain is switching it o Leyla?? Only hope...Leia...islae...leila...
My god a lotta worldbuilding before I am even invested. Already confused by the curse stuff.
Every time yoy say wildlings thinking of GoT.
Ok, but how is a novel being a clickbait novel a good thing? I usually associate clickbait with a lot of disappointment. Yes, in the best way clickbait can grab attention and be what was promised, but usually?
This is why I don't get the backlash to her calling it "The world's first clickbait novel" considering, we are told, she went out of her way to entice her gullible target audience with misleading promises and outright lies. So if she really did this then that's what it is. That's how clickbait is defined. It's the only true thing she said about it.
I feel like I'm an anormality writing leading men instead of women as main characters. There are women in my books and some of them kick ass but they are diverse since it's ok to have an other bodytype or be an introvert or not f** any starstick you find. Btw I picture a magical girl anime item that spews stars during the magical transportation dance. I'm looking for books with different heroines but it seems the heroin needs to be a pretty boss girl havins sassy O's for breakfast.
The rise of the Usually White, Sassy, & Tuff Heroine t.m. who gets always her way, is naturally beautiful/feminine unlike the "bad girls" who have to put effort in their appearance or didn't earn it by swordfighting, and is always right no matter the war crime she did like the villian (and not much else) in YA and NA books came from the popularity of books like ACOTAR and its copycats/deriatives (one of the inspirations for Lightlark funnily enough).
I stopped reading much YA (and some Adult and NA) books that that invoke being like ACOTAR or its many cousins in the marketing nowadays.
Well I appreciate the effort and the time that you put into this, I do feel like it’s a bit mean-spirited. It’s hard to do anything, much less write a book. that said, I am an old-school cornball.
Writing books is very hard. I do it too. But a part of writing a book and putting it into the world is that once it's there, people can critique it. Folks could do this same thing to my books if they wanted. That said, I encourage all authors to give their books more time in the editing room than I suspect this one ever got!
@@JulianGreystoke Fair enough. I just published my first last year and have another one coming out this summer and I had a mild panic attack listening to your show, imagining if it were my book. That said, I kept listening. :)
@Dave McVeigh the good news is, I never kick down. I only talk about books with large enough ratings that my critique cannot hurt their sales etc.
Why are people upset she had help or didnt have to worry about food or shelter? She said she has had hardship and that is true. Some people have it harder and she doesnt deny that.
Is it true though? Is it?
@@jpaxonreyes why does it matter?
@@LilyEvans1996 What are you bringing it up for if it doesn't matter?
@@futurestoryteller just to point out that it doesn’t matter what her financial situation was. But people are clinging to it so hard.
@@LilyEvans1996 This sounds like your problem. Not anyone elses
Took this long to even start the book? Hard pass. 19:57
First time here. Had to stop when you acted like English is the only language. You DO realize you're butchering the pronunciation of her name in at least 3 languages, right? (Portuguese, Spanish and Italian)
The Book is in English and written by an English speaking American, so I'm not sure what you're expecting.
But do let me know how to pronounce it in other languages, I'm curious!
I think you’re underestimating tik tok as a marketing tool. I don’t go on booktok, but the algorithm like curates the users experience and it will put you with people who are like you.
So I feel like the chances of your book being plopped in front of someone who would look at you and say you’re “old” or something is low.
I remain intimidated by Tik Tok, but there's a good chance I'll still end up there