1) Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are important — not just for the author, for you, too.
2) Here in the 21st century, web sites are no longer “under construction,” or “coming soon.” They either exist or they don’t. They either contain information, or they don’t. It is a poor reflection on the author if his or her web site isn’t ready to go when you announce it to the world. Filling in content pages with “Lorem ipsum” doesn’t count. Especially if one of those pages is the book excerpt.
I will check it out once, I might check it out twice, but honestly, I probably won’t go back a third time to see if there’s anything there.
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Oh dear. I noticed you’re reading my book, and I’m afraid I must count myself in the “caught with my lorem ipsum showing” crowd. At least I was. (I had no idea the site had been publicly announced while we were still formatting, though. Many apologies.)
I have since gotten myself and my site together (though I did forget our real estate agent was coming this morning, and answered the door in my hair rollers and “Lord’s Gym” t-shirt, so this could be an unforunate habit).
In any event, thanks so much for reading, and I do hope you’ll drop in again. You won’t have to pardon my mess. (Well, not as much).
Elizabeth
I visited again, and your site is looking good!
Looks like a cool book–perhaps you will be lending it out after you’ve finished reading it…
Sounds like a plan…
Thank you so much for coming back! I could pull the I’m-new-at-this-so-you-have-to-pardon-me card, but the fact is, there’s no excuse for not keeping my best storefront forward all the time. I will be more attentive.