24 Feb '20 07:51>4 edits
@handyandy saidThat's fine. I'm totally chilled about this and don't have any beef with you, Andy.
@Benjamin-Barker
I didn't mean to touch off a squabble, but I thought you would want to know about fundamental errors on the first page of your book. Good grammar is important, no matter who, or at what level, your readers are. Your editor, I'm sorry to say, seems to be incompetent.
The odd thing is my editor isn't incompetent, she's incredibly thorough and earns a living proof reading commercial books everyday. She must have gone through and corrected at least 3 re-writes and I find it highly unlikely that she would let a crippling error go through on page one.
The book was also beta tested by a pro and has been read by many fellow authors from the large writing community of which I am a member. The book has been on sale for 6 months on Amazon and has sold over 1,000 copies. The narrator of the recent audiobook version suggested some editorial changes but she didn't pick up on any grammatical problems on page one.
I take on board your points and I shall feed them back to my editor but I am not losing any sleep about it as you are the first person to notice them. If she concurs with you then these will be very quick to fix indeed.
I'm curious though, did you only read page one? Or did you read the entire book - if so would you say that it's peppered with similar issues? Also, what was your impression of the story? As that's more important to me than any potential grammar issues.