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@taylorclogston

Before I get into some of the explaining parts, I’d like to thank you for taking the time to help me out. You are literally the first person who has given me constructive criticism on my writing, adressing problems and such, and I was getting tired of people giving me the fluffy-bunny thoughts of my book. And you don’t come across to me as negative, but as someone who realizes that I’ve put effort into it and care, and just hope to show me how to make it better. I feel like someone who can’t hear where their writing is flawed isn’t truly serious about it.

1. First to address the middle-grade part of it, calling KK middle grade is not something I am opposed to, but when talking to the guy who helped me choose keywords, I mentioned that this will be the lowest level book of the series. Now that I think about it though, the other 2 that I have so far are still not at a level that I wouldn’t want my middle-grade siblings reading, so I definately need to address that.

2. The cover: after more often perusing bookstores around me, I have come to realize that the cover doesn’t look fantastic (or even that good, to be honest), and I already have cover ideas to fix that problem.

3. Most of the problems with culture that you have addressed are absolutely correct. Little details that will trigger people who know more about Japanese life.

I think I have come to terms with the fact that is was completely and utterly impulsive with my choice to publish already. 😞 That’s a really hard thing to admit for someone who has spent the last year being proud of themselves. 😅 But pride won’t help me reach people, will it?

Again, thank you for your criticism.

I do have another question, I have quite a few copies of KK on hand. Do you think it would be wise to send copies to other writers to gain criticism, despite my plan to unpublish it?