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Dilettante

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Last week's position: 1344

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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Tovran wrote 2 days ago

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

Falcon W Ryder wrote 2 days ago

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

KenQld wrote 28 days ago

G'day! Dilettante, Thank you for backing my book QUOTE ME. Ov....

Ferret wrote 29 days ago

Thank you for backing Zamorna. Best Ferret

jessicaminor wrote 33 days ago

thank you i don't think i've left a book on less than a week i just s....

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I wrote 59 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 59 days ago

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

I wrote 65 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 92 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 99 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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