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I am someone who has a few books under my built and I can tell you that their writing is an excruciating experience. It has taken me years to be able to write consistently coherent sentences, hundreds of thousands of words under my belt.

For a writer, your grammar is atrocious. I, for one, would NEVER try to read one of your books. I mean, seriously, proofread before you post. Ugh, that was painful. I wish I could correct your post with a red pen. Sorry to sound harsh, but I hate it when people brag about their skill in something, then turn around and immediately prove their total lack of said skill...

That being said, I agree completely!

[For a writer, your grammar is atrocious. I, for one, would NEVER try to read one of your books. I mean, seriously, proofread before you post. Ugh, that was painful. I wish I could correct your post with a red pen. Sorry to sound harsh, but I hate it when people brag about their skill in something, then turn around and immediately prove their total lack of said skill... ]

And you have published what exactly? And you are an expert in what field exactly? “I, for one, would NEVER try to read one of your books.” Well, may I suggest something from Reading Rainbow for you instead?

I write these posts in a hurry, it isn’t like they are the Great American Novel, so I certainly miss things. I am also rushed for time because I am finishing editing two 200,000 word books for publication. But, coming from someone who likely has never written a book, much less been published, and who knows not even one of my titles, I have this feeling you aren’t my most important literary critic.

“I hate it when people brag about their skill in something, then turn around and immediately prove their total lack of said skill... “

Your bragging about your great skills as an editor will be take seriously when you tell us how many books you have published. Finding fault in two sentences written on the fly is trivial, so when you have done it for twenty thousand, let us know so we can judge your skills.

There are published writers, like, say, Tom Clancy, whose writing skill are on the side of atrocious. As an employer of grammar correcting English grads Danielle Steel said to a meeting of San Franciso writers before storming out the door, "I've sold more books than all of you will sell in your lifetimes!"

(Sorry about my grammar.)