Do you find sloppy editing more common now? Or is it a tale as old as time?
I was listening to a podcast today about a thriller author who has released a new book a year since 2016. The host believed that if the author slowed down his publication schedule, he would have stronger overall books.
Sloppy editing is far more common these days, for a number of reasons. The main one is indie publishing, because there are no gatekeepers -- so authors can publish without ever having a second set of eyes, much less a professional set of eyes, on their work. But even mainstream publishing is letting more things slip by -- a result of the trend in corporate America to let go of experienced people and try to accomplish the same amount of work with fewer employees.
And though I'm not making a statement here about that thriller author, it's often true that a rushed writing / publishing schedule leads to lower quality. I just encountered a well-established and very good mystery author who might as well have phoned in his last book -- the bad guy wasn't convincing, the mystery wasn't particularly exciting, and I knew who did it by page 20. He's been releasing one to two books a year -- and I'm betting he just got tired.
Enjoyable reading, as always.
Thank you, Jean!
I giggled at this at 7:30pm in the evening. (As opposed to 7:30pm in the morning)
Good one!
Do you find sloppy editing more common now? Or is it a tale as old as time?
I was listening to a podcast today about a thriller author who has released a new book a year since 2016. The host believed that if the author slowed down his publication schedule, he would have stronger overall books.
Sloppy editing is far more common these days, for a number of reasons. The main one is indie publishing, because there are no gatekeepers -- so authors can publish without ever having a second set of eyes, much less a professional set of eyes, on their work. But even mainstream publishing is letting more things slip by -- a result of the trend in corporate America to let go of experienced people and try to accomplish the same amount of work with fewer employees.
And though I'm not making a statement here about that thriller author, it's often true that a rushed writing / publishing schedule leads to lower quality. I just encountered a well-established and very good mystery author who might as well have phoned in his last book -- the bad guy wasn't convincing, the mystery wasn't particularly exciting, and I knew who did it by page 20. He's been releasing one to two books a year -- and I'm betting he just got tired.