I think the "reviewer space" conversation has been fascinating, and personally I stand on the other side of it, but as you said you also had the reviewer's permission to post a video so that's all good. The issues come when an author with a following calls out specific, random reviewers and essentially launches their followers at them (which we saw with Hough recently, and obviously many others). As you say those are just jerks being jerks, but I think there's merit to the idea that reviewer spaces are actually not FOR authors; they are for the readers, to determine whether they think they'll enjoy a book. Obviously I don't know your experience but as a reviewer-author that's likely gonna be a blurry line, which is fine, and I think the main lesson from these incidents and dramas are basically "Ask permission, don't be a jerk" which you seem to be great on, so. I still find it a fascinating discussion that's taken place, and even though I stand on the other side of it I totally see the merits of what you're saying.
I completely see where you're coming from. Its a matter of which angle do you value more. The dialogue or the reviewer space. There is no RIGHT answer.
@@DanielGreeneReviews I think this is a case where caution and real dialogue are necessary. There is a line between constructive communication of opinions and tastes but it should stay constructive. I see what Zachary means and it is awful. I actually think its a great tool for authors and critics to get a better understanding of the other side and an even better tool for improvement as sometimes written reviews or other forms of reviews can be misunderstood or not fully understood and a conversation could clear out some of these issues. This of course means that both the author and critics and the audiences surrounding both parties have to be willing to hear the other side out and participate in a proper discussion which is not a battle that has to be won but an exchange of information. Any unfiltered extreme leads to nothing productive. No author should be able to just denounce critics and no critic should be able to ignore authors intents and statements.
i think my issue comes from mostly people ANTICIPATING that an author is going to come out of left field, and come out swinging, and while that does happen, i don't think it's healthy to expect that to be the result, as if an author's only intent is to write a thing, with the mindset that they decree it as now word of law. sure, that happens sometimes, but i think the people on the reviewer-spaces side of the argument are too quick to assume an author is going to be nefarious if they want to jump in on a conversation. look at steven erikson. the ONLY TIME he has ever come out with any level of assertiveness was to clarify some things about a plot line that may be often misunderstood, that he feels is an important enough thing he wanted to get across, that he felt it necessary to make sure people knew what they were reading (since there are times, EASILY, when a reader can misconstrue what SE was saying.... his works are.... complex) or then there are times when SE straight up calls out people for belligerently and intentionally missing the point. bad faith actors. which he should be afforded the right to do. you can't take a person's work, their blood sweat and tears, and appropriate it, and turn the narrative on its head so that it comes off far more horrifying than was EVER meant. you just can't do that.
@@billyalarie929 I definetley agree there. I think bottom line is that it is communication and communication can only find success if all participants act open-minded, respectful and measured. But that is not what most humans do. Not considering the other side and lashing out violently without concerns means you have to think less and you have to put less energy into things. And being that, that is what many people do, as its easier, everyone assumes that the other side will also react that way. This creates a realm of aggression and combativeness that makes sincere conversation even more complicating than it already is without angry people. Efforts to maintain and construct an atmosphere and space where honest and good intentioned conversation can take place have to come from all participants. Am I being repetitive and to dramatic. I feel like I am being repetitive and overly dramatic
Every book you publish in this series should have a single instance where the main character is called by their placeholder name as an easter egg for long time fans lol
True story: At 14 I found a comma error in the Two Towers and asked the teacher about it... she concluded that Tolkien was probably right and he can do what he wants with the english language... now i know it was just a proofing error.
@Charlotte Krausz And some rules are broken in the favor of style. Me using "and" at the beginning of a sentence, for example, is technically against the rules.
Freedom of placing comma is actually a real thing, its very common in writing. Sometimes you want to have a certain flow to your sentence so you play around with commas and don't give a dam about grammar rules. Stephen King says points this out in his book, "On writing." Commas aren't big deals, yes it can make a sentence clunky if you place it at the wrong place BUT no one goes, "🤬U placed a wrong comma, go die!"
Probably a proofing error, but Tolkien really can do whatever he wants. Tolkien can write absolute gibberish and I bet we would still find value in it.
Whenever I hear about errors in creative arts, I remember that when editing American Psycho the editor suggested that they should merge two club-scenes together and use a brief unrelated bathroom scene as tape. The Director liked the idea but said it wouldn't work since Christian Bale wore a different suit in each scene, so there would be three different suits in the span of 50 seconds. And the Editor replied "Literally no-one will notice." So they did it and millions upon millions of people watched the film, and literally no-one complained.
Honestly, since the movie is about a madman I would say if anybody did notice it would probably just add to the insane mystique of the unreliable narrator.
Within the margins of error. Don't beat yourself up about it, virtually every of these mistakes is made by even veteran authors. Just be proud of yourself for writing anything at all!
Ufff. Happens to the best of us. I was finishing an essay when i noticed that I missspelled the name of a company. I had to do a lot of rereads that day
The drama on main stream youtube: scamming, assault accusations, exploiting children for clout. The drama on booktube: disliking a popular YA book, responding to reviewers, not using spoiler warning.
As a small booktuber that you promoted… we REALLY appreciated it. Still by far our most popular video. So thank you for that, and please never stop doing it! So from the bottom of our hearts, Fantology thanks you.
@@LilStormborn Oh sure, id say the mistakes in the video were just little fun bugs. Of course, there can be game breaking bugs just like there can be errors in books so huge it just brings you out of it.
Yeah. The only ones which bug me are the one about the torturer's shirt in Night Watch and one total grammar failure in The Fifth Elephant - only because they break the 4th wall. Apart from that, you're too caught up in the story to notice - and that was the case with Breach of Peace :)
At one point in Nights watch, young Vetinari calls Sam (who everyone thinks is keel at this point) "Vimes". I theorised how the f he knew is was Sam for ages...turns out it was just a blunder. This was in the audio book, so it could have been an error with the reading. I never even noticed the torturers shirt, I just had to google what the error was. :)
@@kieranbrooks10 I never noticed the thing about young Sam and Vimes getting muddled up - wonder if that was an error on the audio book? There are two versions of those, one read in full by Stephen Briggs, and the other an abridged (sacrilege!) version read by Tony Robinson.
When I began writing some years ago, I noticed there was no _me_ in the text because I had an idea that I need to write in an ‘authorly’ way. Then I read Terry Pratchett's _Thief of Time_ and realised I can write however I wish. So, I rewrote everything and added talking bunnies to the story.
I self-published my first novel almost a year ago, and I'm still only halfway through my first read of it. Every misspelling, wrong name and placeholder that slipped through my editing phase is an emotional punch in the face..
It's an amazing thing from you to sharing your struggles, specially that many people may had familiar difficulties both in Booktube and the "Self-publishing world". I just finished the video of "Hello Future Me" where he also confessed his anxieties about his own book as well. Really wish both of you to be successful!
I discovered and subscribed to many new and smaller youtubers based on your book release and subsequent drama. I loved that there were so many channels talking about the book! It made the release feel like an event, with so many videos going up at the same time.
I’m currently in the process of editing for self publishing so I am definitely coming back to this as soon as I publish and fret about the errors that inevitably slipped past …
As a fellow self-published author, I've been there. It gets a little better with practice. Also, I've managed to misspell my entire cover, and only caught it two days before release, so- yea (fortunately, I was with Amazon and they hadn't printed anything yet, so it wasn't a difficult thing to change). It helps to have a list of all the things- placeholder names and misspellings of unusual words- and then use your word processor on the final document to search for those "wrong" words.
This is why you should publish your books through git. Find a mistake, just push out the correction. Readers find a mistake or have suggestions, they can submit merge requests. Drafting new ideas, just splits to a new branch. Reader wants to start a fanfiction? They can just clone to get started!
I really appreciate how you're willing to address how you've mishandled things in the past and willing to make your intentions clear. It's refreshing and makes me respect you a lot.
As an attorney who has worked on self-publishing cases... I'm glad you already have some notoriety, Daniel. What gets promised in this money making machine often doesn't deliver. That said, I'll be buying your book!
I remember the first video I watched from you where when you interviewed Brent Weeks one year ago and told him that you quit your job to be a first time TH-camr, so happy to see your success Daniel! Lots of hard work behind it and it's great to see the growth
The amount of devil horn hand gestures tapping the table in this video was hypnotic! Wonderful insight as always, really appreciate this self pub series
I love talking with authors!!! I’ve only done it once but it was great. Lol I just did my BoP review I’m soooooo late to the party. So I thought I felt your authorial voice came through fairly well!
So proud of all the hard work that went into Breach of Peace. It's going to be great rereading the series to see how you change/learn/grow as an author!
Thank you for these nuggets of information. Self publishing can seem an impossible wall to climb when the info is so spread out. This will help a lot of people.
I really appreciate this kind of videos you've made. We learn from mistakes and from others' mistakes, too, and it's really helpful! I'm at my outlining and worldbuilding stage with my first book, and i'm not even native in english (i find my first language very complicated in writing and i think better when i think in english), and these things are really good things to know. Thanks a lot, Lord Goblin.
I appreciate you making this video, I have not read it yet but I have it on my TBR pile, and hearing from you and being open about mistakes made I think will help with my thoughts as I read breach of peace going into it.
I wrote a book once upon a time where I was talking about lit sconces and it autocorrected to "scones" My explanation to people who read that edition was those are clearly electrified sconces. Because they contain currants.
I didn’t notice these mistakes and I am pretty good at spotting them. Must have been in the zone. Thanks for allowing me to review a copy of this. The video really helped my channel.
Mr. Green I enjoyed your first book. I look forward to joining you on your journey to becoming a famous author. It’s cool to see the behind the scenes with all the success and failures. Your smart and I can’t wait to see where you and your Chanel go from here.
Really appreciate the honesty of your journey, I can really relate to feeling like there's a billion things that need attention in a project and it gives me inspiration as both a writer and a TH-camr... and I definitely need to put "Breach of Peace" on my booklist:)
I didnt even noticed the mistakes at all lol was so captivated by the story and characters, I was just drawn to the mystery of why all that was happening
Man, been following you almost since the beginning and I am very happy to witness how much you have grown in this medium. You now have a book published! Congrats! Keep on the good work :D
Currently waiting on my copy of it! Pushing a book off my 2021 reading list so I'll be reading it next for sure. I can't wait to find that little easter egg hiccup now! I'm Currently in the midst of editing my first novel so im sure it will be just the same for me, your videos have been extremely helpful in the way of going the self publishing route! I appreciate everything you've done so far Goblin king!
This is so interesting! I've been following your channel for a while and you have inspired me to pick up reading again (I lately finished kings of the Wylde and Lies of Locke Lamora and omg). Your content also inspired me to start writing. Thank you for your work and for making this hobby so uplifting 😊 PD: I just bought Breach of Peace on kindle and I'll be giving it a good read... Keeping an eye out for the oopsies ;)
Daniel, big fan, mostly keep to myself but I wanted to say I appreciate the time, energy, and clarity that you bring to the table when discussing the self-published space. I wanted to reach out and let you know as I read the e-book that I spotted a continuity error or two involving Chapman and Samuel but I hate the thought of blasting it out in case it's something you've already been made aware of.
I had binged some videos of you before, really like your content! Among others you helped me get back into reading (fantasy) again. Just subscribed and actually ordered Breach of Peace from Amazon.. I have never bought anything just because a youtuber made/wrote it before in my life, but I was just very curious... much love from The Netherlands, I'm excited to read your book!
You wrote a book, and are continuing to write more, good on you! You’re working on improving and doing what you enjoy, keep at it 🙌 everyone will have opinions and I think reviews allow us to discuss, hopefully learn and maybe even try new things. Will people have different opinions or thoughts? Yes! And I think that’s okay because it opens the floor to discussion, and hopefully a positive experience that widens our perspectives 🙂
I appreciate the 'behind-the-scenes' sort of content that this is. A lot more involved process than I had expected. I bought the book, but haven't read it yet. I'll try to not focus on the single last name mishap, but now that I know if it... I hope to get a small smile at least when I come to it. Good luck with writing, pretty neat to see someone this open about their work. You should start doing weekly Sanderson style updates on your writing :)
It's good to learn and realize where you mess up and how to not do it again. Nobody's launch will be perfect. Thanks for letting us in on this! The review thing is really hard...but I'm pretty much gunna let them be & not get involved.
I totally understand getting the audio book recorded as fast as possible, excitement about the can be intoxicating and it was your first book. I still fall for it with releases on my label where I wanna get things out before they are maybe 120% ready and proofed. As for the reviewer space discussion, I only learned of it when it spilled over into the Steven Erikson sideshow and affected us there, then it took me a while to realize that it was connected to Breach of Peace. To be clear: I was really happy when you commented on my review video and I would totally open the boardgame store with you.
Welcome to the wonderful world of being an author with all the glorious fun of missed typos, second guessing, and people who take issue. Congratulations, you are one of us.
I’m really excited to hear you are going to add more of “your voice” in book two! I really enjoyed the first book but my main complaint was the dialogue felt like tropes from old 80’s police dramas and a little out of place.
My stance is that if one can criticise other people's work directly, then one can be criticised directly. It doesn't matter what it applies to, books, music, films, gardening, whatever. Reviewers literally make a living out of calling out author's mistakes. It seems only fair for their mistakes to be called out and if they're not just as graceful at accepting it then they're just ... bullies. Also i would love to see more of sassy Daniel in future books. Need me some spicy rants.
Mistakes happen, especially on a first run without the money of a major publishing house behind you. You should be proud that you got your work out there, mistakes and all; most writers never do.
Didn't even notice, brother! I think your book is head and shoulders above the AuthorTuber books out there. The bets part of that is that you're a BookTuber. Well done. I loved it and can't wait for the next one.
I "love" the music you played when you heard about the name mixup. It's the exact tune I hear when I find an error in my published book. That is uncanny Daniel! Just thought you should know that you are not alone.
I liked how you wrote it, I took the less (I guess feel of you) in it to be a choice you made. To me it felt like a Sherlock Holmes inspired way of writing, and I know you love those stories, so I thought you did great with it. I was wrong however with all that, but still, great job! I loved it and can’t wait for more.
When I'm reading, I certainly give self-published books a lot more leeway with proofing errors than 'traditionally' published books. If a brand new hardback from an experienced writer with a publishing house behind them has proofing errors, 'smaller' writers can definitely give themselves a break! (e.g. I found 4 or 5 proofing errors in The Shadow of the Gods)
Daniel is incredibly mature! What an awesome attitude towards your work, reviewers, other authors, other content creators, and moving forward as an author. It's OK to be proud of something you've done AND tear it apart with how you'll do it better next time.
Oh and the whole "authors shouldn't respond to reviewers" is pretty clearly advice given by PR and marketing firms. I bet a lot of authors (people in general) struggle to be as respectful and thoughtful as Daniel, so this blanket "rule" has become the norm. I think it's stupid. I want to learn as much as I can about writing, so I can get better, and having a conversation with someone who can give insightful, critical feedback is one of the best ways to do it.
Hey Daniel I just finished Breach of Peace OMFG it was brilliant. I can't wait for more as I have so many questions. Will you be documenting your progress with those books too and when can we expect the next installment? Love you and your content. Stay safe.
I see mistakes in grammar and typos in even books from big publishing companies. Don’t sweat it, no one’s perfect and imperfection is beautiful. Keep creating and doing what you love! ✌️
The horrible thing is, at least for continuity errors, traditional publishing isn't much better. I found a massive continuity error on the first page of my book that my editor at Tor, the copyeditors, and all my readers didn't notice
I think the "reviewer space" conversation has been fascinating, and personally I stand on the other side of it, but as you said you also had the reviewer's permission to post a video so that's all good. The issues come when an author with a following calls out specific, random reviewers and essentially launches their followers at them (which we saw with Hough recently, and obviously many others). As you say those are just jerks being jerks, but I think there's merit to the idea that reviewer spaces are actually not FOR authors; they are for the readers, to determine whether they think they'll enjoy a book.
Obviously I don't know your experience but as a reviewer-author that's likely gonna be a blurry line, which is fine, and I think the main lesson from these incidents and dramas are basically "Ask permission, don't be a jerk" which you seem to be great on, so. I still find it a fascinating discussion that's taken place, and even though I stand on the other side of it I totally see the merits of what you're saying.
I completely see where you're coming from. Its a matter of which angle do you value more. The dialogue or the reviewer space. There is no RIGHT answer.
@@DanielGreeneReviews I think this is a case where caution and real dialogue are necessary. There is a line between constructive communication of opinions and tastes but it should stay constructive. I see what Zachary means and it is awful. I actually think its a great tool for authors and critics to get a better understanding of the other side and an even better tool for improvement as sometimes written reviews or other forms of reviews can be misunderstood or not fully understood and a conversation could clear out some of these issues. This of course means that both the author and critics and the audiences surrounding both parties have to be willing to hear the other side out and participate in a proper discussion which is not a battle that has to be won but an exchange of information. Any unfiltered extreme leads to nothing productive. No author should be able to just denounce critics and no critic should be able to ignore authors intents and statements.
i think my issue comes from mostly people ANTICIPATING that an author is going to come out of left field, and come out swinging, and while that does happen, i don't think it's healthy to expect that to be the result, as if an author's only intent is to write a thing, with the mindset that they decree it as now word of law. sure, that happens sometimes, but i think the people on the reviewer-spaces side of the argument are too quick to assume an author is going to be nefarious if they want to jump in on a conversation.
look at steven erikson. the ONLY TIME he has ever come out with any level of assertiveness was to clarify some things about a plot line that may be often misunderstood, that he feels is an important enough thing he wanted to get across, that he felt it necessary to make sure people knew what they were reading (since there are times, EASILY, when a reader can misconstrue what SE was saying.... his works are.... complex)
or then there are times when SE straight up calls out people for belligerently and intentionally missing the point. bad faith actors. which he should be afforded the right to do. you can't take a person's work, their blood sweat and tears, and appropriate it, and turn the narrative on its head so that it comes off far more horrifying than was EVER meant. you just can't do that.
@@Breadcutter I agree with you whole heartedly
@@billyalarie929 I definetley agree there. I think bottom line is that it is communication and communication can only find success if all participants act open-minded, respectful and measured. But that is not what most humans do. Not considering the other side and lashing out violently without concerns means you have to think less and you have to put less energy into things. And being that, that is what many people do, as its easier, everyone assumes that the other side will also react that way. This creates a realm of aggression and combativeness that makes sincere conversation even more complicating than it already is without angry people. Efforts to maintain and construct an atmosphere and space where honest and good intentioned conversation can take place have to come from all participants. Am I being repetitive and to dramatic. I feel like I am being repetitive and overly dramatic
"It doesn't bug me that much"
Those are the words of a liar.
Every book you publish in this series should have a single instance where the main character is called by their placeholder name as an easter egg for long time fans lol
I commented the same thing, then i saw this comment😂
YAASSS💜
YAASSS💜 🤭🤭😏🤣
Yeah I’m here for this
And have a character say something like "oh i thought that was your name" or something.
I love the idea that Daniel has an identical roommate that loves to torment him.
It is the physical manifestation of anxiety. Always there, always poking, never paying rent.
@@zacharyanderson6836 😿😿
True story: At 14 I found a comma error in the Two Towers and asked the teacher about it... she concluded that Tolkien was probably right and he can do what he wants with the english language... now i know it was just a proofing error.
You must be very smart
@Charlotte Krausz And some rules are broken in the favor of style. Me using "and" at the beginning of a sentence, for example, is technically against the rules.
Freedom of placing comma is actually a real thing, its very common in writing. Sometimes you want to have a certain flow to your sentence so you play around with commas and don't give a dam about grammar rules. Stephen King says points this out in his book, "On writing." Commas aren't big deals, yes it can make a sentence clunky if you place it at the wrong place BUT no one goes, "🤬U placed a wrong comma, go die!"
Probably a proofing error, but Tolkien really can do whatever he wants. Tolkien can write absolute gibberish and I bet we would still find value in it.
I think your teacher was right. When language is involved, Tolkien can do whatever he wants. He mastered the English language like no one else ever.
Whenever I hear about errors in creative arts, I remember that when editing American Psycho the editor suggested that they should merge two club-scenes together and use a brief unrelated bathroom scene as tape. The Director liked the idea but said it wouldn't work since Christian Bale wore a different suit in each scene, so there would be three different suits in the span of 50 seconds. And the Editor replied "Literally no-one will notice." So they did it and millions upon millions of people watched the film, and literally no-one complained.
Honestly, since the movie is about a madman I would say if anybody did notice it would probably just add to the insane mystique of the unreliable narrator.
At first I thought this was a 14 minute skit of just evil goblin going off
Just him laughing the whole time
I would've loved that tbh
Proud to be a fan of a writer that reflects and admits mistakes. Incredibly inspiring for me as an aspiring novelist, and a great learning resource
Serious question: Do you think of Daniel as a writer first and foremost? For me, he's a TH-camr I like who also happens to make books 🤷🏻♂️
@@milospollonia1121 what does it matter which thing Daniel is "first"? Can't two aspects of a single identity be of equal importance?
Within the margins of error. Don't beat yourself up about it, virtually every of these mistakes is made by even veteran authors. Just be proud of yourself for writing anything at all!
I only read perfect, original, wholesome stories like 50 Shades of Grey
🤣🤣🤣 thank you🤣🤣
bhahahahahaha
Whitkins.... who the fuq is Whitkins? (Turns out that’s why. I fat thumbed Whitkins and not Wilkins so the replace all didn’t get it. 🤦♂️)
So, you not only missed it, but you misspelled what you missed. Noice
Oooh
Reminds me of that scene from the office. Dwigt
Ufff.
Happens to the best of us. I was finishing an essay when i noticed that I missspelled the name of a company. I had to do a lot of rereads that day
@D.T.Ellis They can't do that in this world?
My whole life has been a LIE
The drama on main stream youtube: scamming, assault accusations, exploiting children for clout.
The drama on booktube: disliking a popular YA book, responding to reviewers, not using spoiler warning.
As a small booktuber that you promoted… we REALLY appreciated it. Still by far our most popular video. So thank you for that, and please never stop doing it! So from the bottom of our hearts, Fantology thanks you.
I kind of love finding spelling/grammar errors in books. Idk its like - oh yeah an actual human wrote this!
It's like finding a bug in a video game.
@@CanadianYeti69 but THAT enjoyment is very heavily influenced what type of bug^^
@@LilStormborn Oh sure, id say the mistakes in the video were just little fun bugs. Of course, there can be game breaking bugs just like there can be errors in books so huge it just brings you out of it.
I’ve found way worse mistakes in Discworld. And Sir Pterry was an actual genius.
Oh
Yeah. The only ones which bug me are the one about the torturer's shirt in Night Watch and one total grammar failure in The Fifth Elephant - only because they break the 4th wall. Apart from that, you're too caught up in the story to notice - and that was the case with Breach of Peace :)
At one point in Nights watch, young Vetinari calls Sam (who everyone thinks is keel at this point) "Vimes". I theorised how the f he knew is was Sam for ages...turns out it was just a blunder.
This was in the audio book, so it could have been an error with the reading.
I never even noticed the torturers shirt, I just had to google what the error was. :)
@@kieranbrooks10 I never noticed the thing about young Sam and Vimes getting muddled up - wonder if that was an error on the audio book? There are two versions of those, one read in full by Stephen Briggs, and the other an abridged (sacrilege!) version read by Tony Robinson.
Learn. Grow. Adapt. Come back stronger next time.
That’s how it works man. You’re doing it right. :)
My first book had a typo in it in the acknowledgements, the one thing my editor did not get a chance to review. :facepalm:
A good way of showing everyone how necessary your editor's job is. Arguably the perfect acknowledgement
When I began writing some years ago, I noticed there was no _me_ in the text because I had an idea that I need to write in an ‘authorly’ way. Then I read Terry Pratchett's _Thief of Time_ and realised I can write however I wish. So, I rewrote everything and added talking bunnies to the story.
Literal talking bunnies, or is that author jargon?
Literal talking bunnies, or is that author jargon?
@@hanzquejano7112 Literal---although, now when you mentioned, it does sound like it could also be jargon.
Well that was an effective skit, made me think of all the times I've made an oversight with editing on a project and the stress of it.
I self-published my first novel almost a year ago, and I'm still only halfway through my first read of it. Every misspelling, wrong name and placeholder that slipped through my editing phase is an emotional punch in the face..
Oh God Daniel, why does the laughter give me PTSD flashbacks to Bob from Twin Peaks (btw, that show mentally scarred me more than Joker ever did)
That also reminded me of the same thing =O
Great reference!
How's Annie?
@@LeChaunce *OH GOD NO-*
I'm having flashbacks lol
Same. That show was weird but it felt pretty tame until partway through season 2.
It's an amazing thing from you to sharing your struggles, specially that many people may had familiar difficulties both in Booktube and the "Self-publishing world". I just finished the video of "Hello Future Me" where he also confessed his anxieties about his own book as well. Really wish both of you to be successful!
listen, the first printing just got super valuable daniel, thats all
also 1:05 that cackling *chef's kiss*
I discovered and subscribed to many new and smaller youtubers based on your book release and subsequent drama. I loved that there were so many channels talking about the book! It made the release feel like an event, with so many videos going up at the same time.
Think of it this way: if the book really takes off, these copies will be highly prized by collectors.
I can't think of any author who wants their books on Goodreads
What's wrong with goodreads
Ooh
@@celebalert5616 what isn't wrong with Goodreads 😂
Well I for one like Goodreads and if I ever manage to finish my book I'd love for it to get on there.
@@dnatsrednUouYoD It works OK for me but I'm not an author
Very insightful, thank you Goblin Man.
I’m currently in the process of editing for self publishing so I am definitely coming back to this as soon as I publish and fret about the errors that inevitably slipped past …
I’m so excited to see where this series is going and how you’ll develop as a writer! 😊
Good timing! I just received my copy in Canada after pre-ordering the day it was announced. Congrats on self-publishing, mistakes and all!
All good points and solid perspectives! Thank you for the openness and insightful clarity. Keep writing and keep doing!
Keep doing you Daniel, it’s huge that you managed to complete it! They’ll just keep getting better!
As a fellow self-published author, I've been there. It gets a little better with practice.
Also, I've managed to misspell my entire cover, and only caught it two days before release, so- yea (fortunately, I was with Amazon and they hadn't printed anything yet, so it wasn't a difficult thing to change).
It helps to have a list of all the things- placeholder names and misspellings of unusual words- and then use your word processor on the final document to search for those "wrong" words.
This is why you should publish your books through git. Find a mistake, just push out the correction. Readers find a mistake or have suggestions, they can submit merge requests. Drafting new ideas, just splits to a new branch. Reader wants to start a fanfiction? They can just clone to get started!
Oh I love this idea!🤣🤣🤣
I really appreciate how you're willing to address how you've mishandled things in the past and willing to make your intentions clear. It's refreshing and makes me respect you a lot.
As an attorney who has worked on self-publishing cases... I'm glad you already have some notoriety, Daniel. What gets promised in this money making machine often doesn't deliver. That said, I'll be buying your book!
I remember the first video I watched from you where when you interviewed Brent Weeks one year ago and told him that you quit your job to be a first time TH-camr, so happy to see your success Daniel! Lots of hard work behind it and it's great to see the growth
The amount of devil horn hand gestures tapping the table in this video was hypnotic! Wonderful insight as always, really appreciate this self pub series
I love talking with authors!!! I’ve only done it once but it was great. Lol I just did my BoP review I’m soooooo late to the party. So I thought I felt your authorial voice came through fairly well!
So proud of all the hard work that went into Breach of Peace.
It's going to be great rereading the series to see how you change/learn/grow as an author!
Thank you for these nuggets of information. Self publishing can seem an impossible wall to climb when the info is so spread out. This will help a lot of people.
I like this video. Mistakes happen, but so long as you learn from them it is what it is. Keep growing and keep building
I really appreciate this kind of videos you've made. We learn from mistakes and from others' mistakes, too, and it's really helpful! I'm at my outlining and worldbuilding stage with my first book, and i'm not even native in english (i find my first language very complicated in writing and i think better when i think in english), and these things are really good things to know. Thanks a lot, Lord Goblin.
I'm excited to see you experiment more, will be fun to see your journey as a writer!
I appreciate you making this video, I have not read it yet but I have it on my TBR pile, and hearing from you and being open about mistakes made I think will help with my thoughts as I read breach of peace going into it.
Thank you so much for posting this. Your transparency is 👌 I just bought a copy of your book, can’t wait for it to be delivered!
I wrote a book once upon a time where I was talking about lit sconces and it autocorrected to "scones"
My explanation to people who read that edition was those are clearly electrified sconces.
Because they contain currants.
I know it's a Dad joke, but this deserves more love
Haha 😂
Danial who's that new goblin? He looks familiar!
I think it's Dave
I didn’t notice these mistakes and I am pretty good at spotting them. Must have been in the zone. Thanks for allowing me to review a copy of this. The video really helped my channel.
Mr. Green I enjoyed your first book. I look forward to joining you on your journey to becoming a famous author. It’s cool to see the behind the scenes with all the success and failures. Your smart and I can’t wait to see where you and your Chanel go from here.
Really appreciate the honesty of your journey, I can really relate to feeling like there's a billion things that need attention in a project and it gives me inspiration as both a writer and a TH-camr... and I definitely need to put "Breach of Peace" on my booklist:)
I didnt even noticed the mistakes at all lol was so captivated by the story and characters, I was just drawn to the mystery of why all that was happening
Man, been following you almost since the beginning and I am very happy to witness how much you have grown in this medium. You now have a book published! Congrats! Keep on the good work :D
Thank you for transparency! I personally have no idea how I'll handle reviews in the future... But your experience is good to know
Thank you for sharing your experience, and for being so transparent! :)
1. Love the content
2. It appears that the book had overall solid reviews, despite those few mini critiques. Great job with the debut, fantastic
I always appreciate your condor and self reflection. Though I will say that I'm glad your book is on Goodreads so that I could add it to my TBR!
Currently waiting on my copy of it! Pushing a book off my 2021 reading list so I'll be reading it next for sure. I can't wait to find that little easter egg hiccup now! I'm Currently in the midst of editing my first novel so im sure it will be just the same for me, your videos have been extremely helpful in the way of going the self publishing route! I appreciate everything you've done so far Goblin king!
Daniel laughing at himself at the start is literally *laughs in disappoint* in video form 😂
You did amazing! Can’t wait to see what’s next!
As someone who is planning to eventually publish a book, this has been very informative.
Hey man. Respect for writing the book, sennding it int the world and this video. Good luck!
This is so interesting! I've been following your channel for a while and you have inspired me to pick up reading again (I lately finished kings of the Wylde and Lies of Locke Lamora and omg). Your content also inspired me to start writing. Thank you for your work and for making this hobby so uplifting 😊
PD: I just bought Breach of Peace on kindle and I'll be giving it a good read... Keeping an eye out for the oopsies ;)
I definitely found new booktubers because you RT their reviews that I still watch
This transparency literally made me order the book. I’m excited to check it out and see the future.
That's hilarious, I love it all the more for that! Thanks for your honest vid man and keep it up!
Daniel, big fan, mostly keep to myself but I wanted to say I appreciate the time, energy, and clarity that you bring to the table when discussing the self-published space. I wanted to reach out and let you know as I read the e-book that I spotted a continuity error or two involving Chapman and Samuel but I hate the thought of blasting it out in case it's something you've already been made aware of.
I had binged some videos of you before, really like your content! Among others you helped me get back into reading (fantasy) again. Just subscribed and actually ordered Breach of Peace from Amazon.. I have never bought anything just because a youtuber made/wrote it before in my life, but I was just very curious... much love from The Netherlands, I'm excited to read your book!
You wrote a book, and are continuing to write more, good on you! You’re working on improving and doing what you enjoy, keep at it 🙌 everyone will have opinions and I think reviews allow us to discuss, hopefully learn and maybe even try new things. Will people have different opinions or thoughts? Yes! And I think that’s okay because it opens the floor to discussion, and hopefully a positive experience that widens our perspectives 🙂
I appreciate the 'behind-the-scenes' sort of content that this is. A lot more involved process than I had expected. I bought the book, but haven't read it yet. I'll try to not focus on the single last name mishap, but now that I know if it... I hope to get a small smile at least when I come to it. Good luck with writing, pretty neat to see someone this open about their work. You should start doing weekly Sanderson style updates on your writing :)
Interesting to hear you talk about that. I read Breach of Peace & will gladly see more from you.
It's good to learn and realize where you mess up and how to not do it again. Nobody's launch will be perfect. Thanks for letting us in on this! The review thing is really hard...but I'm pretty much gunna let them be & not get involved.
It was a learning experience and now you can just build from there. It's all good. 😊 Hopefully my copy will come in soon.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It's priceless 💛
Omg the opening skit.... I’m dying. 😂😂😂😂 Daniel, my hat is off to you. I love it.
Listening to the book right now and I gotta say "cocking the revolver on his pistol" is a worse oopsy.
Is it a fully semi-automatic assault revolver?
I totally understand getting the audio book recorded as fast as possible, excitement about the can be intoxicating and it was your first book. I still fall for it with releases on my label where I wanna get things out before they are maybe 120% ready and proofed. As for the reviewer space discussion, I only learned of it when it spilled over into the Steven Erikson sideshow and affected us there, then it took me a while to realize that it was connected to Breach of Peace. To be clear: I was really happy when you commented on my review video and I would totally open the boardgame store with you.
Welcome to the wonderful world of being an author with all the glorious fun of missed typos, second guessing, and people who take issue. Congratulations, you are one of us.
I’m really excited to hear you are going to add more of “your voice” in book two! I really enjoyed the first book but my main complaint was the dialogue felt like tropes from old 80’s police dramas and a little out of place.
My stance is that if one can criticise other people's work directly, then one can be criticised directly. It doesn't matter what it applies to, books, music, films, gardening, whatever. Reviewers literally make a living out of calling out author's mistakes. It seems only fair for their mistakes to be called out and if they're not just as graceful at accepting it then they're just ... bullies.
Also i would love to see more of sassy Daniel in future books. Need me some spicy rants.
This opening sketch can be watched over and over its so good
It's okay Daniel, I didn't notice the mistake you mentioned in the intro. You good
Mistakes happen, especially on a first run without the money of a major publishing house behind you. You should be proud that you got your work out there, mistakes and all; most writers never do.
Didn't even notice, brother! I think your book is head and shoulders above the AuthorTuber books out there. The bets part of that is that you're a BookTuber. Well done. I loved it and can't wait for the next one.
I "love" the music you played when you heard about the name mixup. It's the exact tune I hear when I find an error in my published book. That is uncanny Daniel!
Just thought you should know that you are not alone.
I'm now going to be looking for this when I start reading BoP. Currently sitting on my shelf, next on my list.
I've really enjoyed the videos about your self publishing 👍 enjoyed the book too and I didn't even notice the error
I liked how you wrote it, I took the less (I guess feel of you) in it to be a choice you made. To me it felt like a Sherlock Holmes inspired way of writing, and I know you love those stories, so I thought you did great with it.
I was wrong however with all that, but still, great job! I loved it and can’t wait for more.
When I'm reading, I certainly give self-published books a lot more leeway with proofing errors than 'traditionally' published books. If a brand new hardback from an experienced writer with a publishing house behind them has proofing errors, 'smaller' writers can definitely give themselves a break! (e.g. I found 4 or 5 proofing errors in The Shadow of the Gods)
What I got from this is that you're writing another book and im really excited!!
The laugh in the beginning sketch is actually Daniel's perfectionist side dieing on the inside
That cold open was wonderful. Great video lad. Wilkins is my fave name. Im going to call all my children wilkins.
Still thought it was a really solid first entry. Better then I could of ever done. Keep doing you man
Your novel was so fun to read! I loved it. I can’t wait for more!
If there is more!!
No pressure 🤣🖤🤙🏻
One of the things I like about Daniel is how natural he is.
Daniel is incredibly mature! What an awesome attitude towards your work, reviewers, other authors, other content creators, and moving forward as an author. It's OK to be proud of something you've done AND tear it apart with how you'll do it better next time.
Oh and the whole "authors shouldn't respond to reviewers" is pretty clearly advice given by PR and marketing firms. I bet a lot of authors (people in general) struggle to be as respectful and thoughtful as Daniel, so this blanket "rule" has become the norm. I think it's stupid. I want to learn as much as I can about writing, so I can get better, and having a conversation with someone who can give insightful, critical feedback is one of the best ways to do it.
Hey Daniel I just finished Breach of Peace OMFG it was brilliant. I can't wait for more as I have so many questions. Will you be documenting your progress with those books too and when can we expect the next installment? Love you and your content. Stay safe.
I see mistakes in grammar and typos in even books from big publishing companies. Don’t sweat it, no one’s perfect and imperfection is beautiful. Keep creating and doing what you love! ✌️
The horrible thing is, at least for continuity errors, traditional publishing isn't much better. I found a massive continuity error on the first page of my book that my editor at Tor, the copyeditors, and all my readers didn't notice
It takes a big person to admit to their mistakes mate, take it on the chin and carry on being fabulous!