Happy New Year everyone! I’ve officially decided that I’m done with editing, so my next step is finding an agent. If you want to self-publish or query a publisher directly, this will not be your next step. I’m at least … Continue reading
I thought I posted this last month, so sorry guys! I have an editor now! Her name is Samantha Zabowzki and she’s great. For people like me that didn’t realize that there were different kinds of book editing, what I … Continue reading
Throwback Thursdays are where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be an idea or book that is now relevant again, or a concept I’d like to think about more, or even “an oldie but a goodie” […]
So, the anthology is out. It was a bear of a thing, so ask me about it if you want. The link is here. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JL67T92/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 But that’s not what I’m here to talk about today. I’m officially done waiting on … Continue reading
First off, happy October. I’m taking a break from beta reader mistakes today to talk about something super exciting. *drumroll please* I’m going to be in an anthology. For those not familiar, an anthology is a collection of short stories, … Continue reading
Gollum has always freaked me out, but this is a fascinating way to think about writing and fear. So, which one is it? Gollum or Smeagol?
Sorry I’ve been so MIA, but another thing to know about the book process is that it’s slow as Christmas. I sent my baby off to seven beta readers and I’m finally starting to get some good feedback back. Some … Continue reading
I have now hit the freak out stage of editing. Beware. I know that there is such a thing as over-editing, but I don’t know how to tell if I’ve hit it yet. I’ve read through my draft several times, … Continue reading
I know I should have done this yesterday, but because this was my most non-traditional end of a year ever, I was in an airport most of the day. I saw this though, so that was cool. Also, I feel like it … Continue reading
It’s weird what you learn about yourself when editing your own book. For instance, I put a lot less on paper than I actually think about. In case that doesn’t actually make sense, let me give y’all an example. One of my handlers is Asian. I know this and this is how I’ve imagined her, but while reading through my draft, I realized that I never actually said that. It took me two edits to realize this. Granted they were a spell check edit and a grammatical edit, but still. During my content edit, I can fix this.
What are y’all’s weird editing things? I know it can’t just be me.
Throwback Thursdays are where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be an idea or book that is now relevant again, or a concept I’d like to think about more, or even “an oldie but a goodie” […]
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