Hello, I am a rather new author and some of the ethical guidelines that many take to be common are a little hazy. I would like to a ask something specific.
About eight months ago, someone reviewed my debut novel and gave it three stars. This review was amazing. He commented on my magic system being too telling (which was on purpose, but I reworked the descriptions and let the dialogue give that school subject feeling after his comments), explained a few issues he had with my technical faults, and even pointed me to some of Lovecraft's work for pointers on how to create vagueness for the illusion of scale. Needless to say, there was much learning done due to this amazing individual who just cared enough to comment.
Skip forward five short stories, a novella, and a Fantasy story collection later. I am writing that same book's sequel, and am about a week and a half away from finishing the first draft. There will be a month or two of editing, and then I intend to give out ARC's and other fun stuff in preparation for a Christmas self-published launch.
Is it appropriate to try and reach out to that same man? an email would be too much, but it's easy enough to send him a message on goodreads. I would love to see his opinion on the sequel, if not as a beta reader then as a reviewer.
About eight months ago, someone reviewed my debut novel and gave it three stars. This review was amazing. He commented on my magic system being too telling (which was on purpose, but I reworked the descriptions and let the dialogue give that school subject feeling after his comments), explained a few issues he had with my technical faults, and even pointed me to some of Lovecraft's work for pointers on how to create vagueness for the illusion of scale. Needless to say, there was much learning done due to this amazing individual who just cared enough to comment.
Skip forward five short stories, a novella, and a Fantasy story collection later. I am writing that same book's sequel, and am about a week and a half away from finishing the first draft. There will be a month or two of editing, and then I intend to give out ARC's and other fun stuff in preparation for a Christmas self-published launch.
Is it appropriate to try and reach out to that same man? an email would be too much, but it's easy enough to send him a message on goodreads. I would love to see his opinion on the sequel, if not as a beta reader then as a reviewer.