The Value of Stars by Sarah Nicholson
Who can put a value on a star? stars with numbers for a quiz You can buy a star from the internet – the standard star package is just £19.99. It doesn’t take much googling to find it. But I’m not talking about celestial beings but rather star ratings given freely, which especially delight an indie author. I’m fortunate to have picked up quite a few for my memoir and I love how they twinkle but for some reason I find it harder to give them away. star stickers from a writing workshop “You’ve never left me a review?” said a writing friend at the weekend. She was quite shocked when I told her. “Um no! I don’t mind writing about a book explaining what I enjoyed but I find the star rating difficult.” I probably tied myself in knots trying to explain my reasoning, so I thought I’d write a blog about it and see if I can untangle my thoughts and see what is going on in my head. Firstly, I HATE filling in any forms that require rating something – so often I plump for the middle answe...