Six Reasons Why I REFUSE to Have My Book Edited - Repost

1. I want people to tell me my book is horrible. I think it's great and that's all that matters.
2. I want 1-star reviews! It fuels me to keep writing; the 1-star reviewers are just jealous.
3. I want people to see me as an amateur, not a professional. After all, writing is my hobby.
4. I want to be known as an author who doesn't value my own work. 
5. I want people to refuse to buy my work in the future. One sale is plenty.
6. I want to sabotage my own writing career and keep my day job a good while longer.

Honestly, those are the only reasons I can come up with, and all of those reasons are asinine. I can't figure out for the life of me real reasons why authors seem to refuse to have their books edited (not read by their two best friends) before they decide to publish. I'm so disappointed by yet another author's work that I tried to read . . . I really tried. It was so full of mistakes that I had to turn my Kindle off and write this post -  instead of writing a 1-star review.

If you are an author who refuses to have your work professionally edited (and no - spell check doesn't count), you're yanking the rug out from under your own feet! I have to ask you - how many times do you have to hear that it is an absolute necessity before you'll get on board? Why won't you do it?

I think it boils down to one of two things:

1 - You don't know how.  
If you don't know how please let me help you. Google and shop around. We all have figured out Google has the answer to everything. Get to Googling and find an editor that works with your genre, jives with your personality, fits your budget, can meet your deadlines, and can provide you with a sample of his/her work.

Here are a few links for you just in case you don't know how to use Google.  Each provider listed below does EXCELLENT and affordable work.

Lynn Loves Editing
- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lynn-Loves-Editing/371274692913054?fref=ts

U Can Mark My Words
- http://www.ucanmarkmyword.com

Kai Wilson
- kaiberworks@gmail.com

Teresa Kennedy
- http://villagegreenpreenpressllc.com

Kissed Publications
- http://www.kplapublishing.com

2 - You don't want to.
If you just don't want to have your work professionally edited, please return to the beginning of this post to read the six things that you obviously want instead!  Here's another fantastic article about a seasoned author making this grave mistake. - http://www.lorijometz.com/2012/10/22/self-publishing-my-most-important-mistake/