http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/six-gun-two-step/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/six-gun-two-step/comment-page-1/#comment-50746 Rod Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:24:43 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=3193#comment-50746 Most self-published novels I've run across are poorly edited or, worse, not edited at all. A few of them have been gems, but yes, a majority are self-published for a reason. Most self-published novels I’ve run across are poorly edited or, worse, not edited at all. A few of them have been gems, but yes, a majority are self-published for a reason.

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/six-gun-two-step/comment-page-1/#comment-50477 Mark Rose Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:47:36 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=3193#comment-50477 A self-published novel doesn't automatically mean it's bad. Poorly edited, maybe (because they often don't have access to the real skills an editor can provide), but some novels from mainstream publishers are just as incoherent or badly plotted as the worst of the vanity presses. Sadly, having the imprimatur of a Harcourt Brace Jovanovich or a Doubleday or whatever you will doesn't mean as much as it once did. So I would expect from either a self-published novel or a novel published by one of the regular publishers, a competent plot, an intriguing story, and not so much smoke-and-mirrors that I'm bored by the over-the-top result. Not too much to ask, one would think. A self-published novel doesn’t automatically mean it’s bad. Poorly edited, maybe (because they often don’t have access to the real skills an editor can provide), but some novels from mainstream publishers are just as incoherent or badly plotted as the worst of the vanity presses. Sadly, having the imprimatur of a Harcourt Brace Jovanovich or a Doubleday or whatever you will doesn’t mean as much as it once did. So I would expect from either a self-published novel or a novel published by one of the regular publishers, a competent plot, an intriguing story, and not so much smoke-and-mirrors that I’m bored by the over-the-top result. Not too much to ask, one would think.

]]> http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/thrillers/six-gun-two-step/comment-page-1/#comment-50445 Cameron Hughes Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:02:39 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=3193#comment-50445 Its a self-published novel, what did you expect? Its a self-published novel, what did you expect?

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