Critic's Cut

Reedsy Discovery reviewer Lorraine Cobcroft called Critic's Cut "worth reading" and described it as "a powerful thought-provoking read" that is "psychologically charged and deeply philosophical."

Are you a perfectionist?

No?

Maybe you still know the feeling.

Replaying one mistake long after everyone else has moved on. Fixing one thing, then finding ten more "flaws" behind it.

Elias Crowe knew that feeling too well. He is a people-pleasing literary genius who writes the world's #1 bestselling novel. To the public, he has everything: fame, success, respect, and the kind of talent most writers dream of.

Long before the internet judges him, Elias's father teaches him to see himself as a draft—something flawed, weak, and always in need of correction. So when critics, trolls, and fans begin tearing apart his masterpiece and demanding personalized revisions, Elias does what no sane author should do.

The media and the internet turns him into a spectacle.  And his publisher, Dr. Amara Diallo of Palimpsest Publishing, is left to manage the fallout before Elias's obsession destroys the company's reputation.

CRITIC'S CUT is an intense literary fiction about perfectionism, public criticism, and artistic survival.

If nobody is perfect, or ever will be, why does online pressure turn imperfection into a curse? Elias Crowe spends his life trying to answer that question—and what he does next is almost unimaginable.