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Dilettante

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first registered 18.02.11

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I am a dilettante. I would not dream of doing anything as energetic as writing a book. Quite happy to admire others however.

My backing policy: I back on whim, with the occasional exception. If there are books on my shelf close to the top in the rankings, it is because I think they are especially good books.

Have I backed your book? Maybe I liked your avatar or a comment you made or the pitch you wrote. Maybe I read a little bit and maybe I didn't. But if I do back your book, you can be confident that I will leave it up for more than 24 hours. That's all it takes to give you some value from it.

Spam me? Not worth bothering. I ignore everything that bores me.

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Tonia Marlowe wrote 12 hours ago

:~))

A.E.Kirton wrote 1 day ago

Thank you for the backing.

m. b. whitlock wrote 3 days ago

Thanks for backing my book "The Queen of the Dawn." If you have any c....

Tovran wrote 6 days ago

Thank you for backing Dragon Memoirs! I appreciate the support. Al....

Falcon W Ryder wrote 6 days ago

Thank you so much for the backing, I truly appreciate it! :)

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I wrote 63 days ago

Descriptions a little overly flowery for my taste, otherwise well written and in 5 minutes scan, I saw no errors. Backed. view book

I wrote 63 days ago

On the basis of a 5 minute read - starts with a bang, well written and original. Backed. view book

I wrote 70 days ago

Competently written (on a mere 5 minutes inspection) Your pitch could be improved. It is too complicated. Try simplifying, put a space between paragraphs, and change 'ensures' to 'ensues' or maybe re-write that part. To use 'ensues' in that context reminds me of hastily and amateurishly written p... view book

I wrote 96 days ago

Original and fun. I recommend a new and careful edit, though it's not nearly as bad as I've seen in some other manuscripts here. In the pitch, you need to change 'cant' to can't.' It is very important not to put people off reading by having an error in your pitch. Gaps between paragraphs of the pit... view book

I wrote 103 days ago

An intriguing story, though there's work to do still to get it nicely polished. Well done. view book

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