@Robert Trusardi Your assumption is correct. It’s a general courtesy to be conservative about leaving critical feedback on funding projects. Naturally, most wouldn’t want (and shouldn’t want) to have sample chapters full of critical comments and line edits when trying to entice readers to pre-order.
You can always PM an author with any significant critical comments.
Drafts are a different story. Feedback is what the Draft phase is supposed to be all about. So authors really shouldn’t mind getting more edits at that point. They should welcome it and many will appreciate it.
Now, if you (or any other author) are really interested in getting thorough and constructive critiques of your work, we have a formal critiquing group called Critshares. I run it on the website Scribophile. You can PM me with questions or learn more about it by checking out the first post on this thread:
Henry Morgan, the Gofer of an Elder God named Mr. Smith is asked to look into a sudden illness plaguing several child in Manhattan. While trying to sort this mess out Henry uncovers a plot that could erase the world as he know it.
