I’m in the last leg of this journey for Book 1, finally. I’m within days of finishing up major revisions to the manuscript, which will include adding a new chapter near the end. Otherwise it has mostly consisted of improving the “stitching” that holds the text together, and working on strengthening my characters and theirContinue reading “Final Revisions”
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How Many People Does it Take to Write a Book?
It turns out, a lot. I spent countless hours writing what is, right now, a 122k word second draft of my first novel. And yet now I have six beta readers, an editor, a sensitivity reader, a cover artist, and I haven’t even considered whether or not I will ever be able to afford toContinue reading “How Many People Does it Take to Write a Book?”
So, I want to be a writer…
My first book is in beta and sitting with my editor. Naturally, after pouring over it a dozen times and finding nothing wrong with it, I sent it out to my beta readers and then went over it another dozen times and found about a million- nay, a zillion- problems that need immediate attention. ExceptContinue reading “So, I want to be a writer…”