I really enjoy editing. That’s it. That’s the tweet. Now I realize that I’ve lost some of you with the title of the post, and maybe a few more of you dropped off after that first line. Not everybody finds that editing is their thing and, you know what, that’s fine. But for those of …
I am deep into revising JADE MOON WANING. Of the feedback I got when I sent it out to my CPs, a universal response was that it was kinda slow for the first hundred pages. This time through, I saw a place where I could tighten that up. One little change… And over 8 chapters …
Because writing is a craft where (if you’re lucky) you’ll never stop learning, it should come as no surprise to you to hear that I’ve discovered that my style of editing is changing. There are some parts that haven’t changed. I still print the whole thing out, and I still read it out loud. That’s …
As you may be able to tell from the title of this post, I am no longer editing JADE MOON WANING!! I took advantage of a couple of cold-weather closures at the day job and I managed to make it to the end of the book. I sent it out to my Agent, and CPs …
Today (OK, yesterday) marked the Ninth full week of editing the current WIP: JADE MOON WANING. For those of you that might be hopping on with this post, you can find Week 1 here. I’m under 100 pages to go. This the home stretch and I’m pretty jazzed. There’s also less than a week to …
Today (OK, yesterday) marked the Eighth full week of editing the current WIP: JADE MOON WANING. For those of you that might be hopping on with this post, you can find Week 1 here. I’ve got just over 100 pages to go. There’s enough work there to make me think that I might be able …
Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. Today (OK, yesterday) marked the Seventh full week of editing the current WIP: JADE MOON WANING. For those of you that might be hopping on with this post, you can find Week 1 here. I’ve officially crossed the Half-Way point. This is going to sound odd, …
Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. Today (OK, yesterday) marked the Sixth full week of editing the current WIP: JADE MOON WANING. For those of you that might be hopping on with this post, you can find Week 1 here. Coming into this week, I started to feel concerned that I was …
Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. Today (OK, yesterday) marked the fourth full week of editing the current WIP: JADE MOON WANING. For those of you that might be hopping on with this post, you can find Week 1 here. This week, Wednesday, actually, saw the end of the “Read it Out …
Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. Today (OK, yesterday) marked the third full week of editing the current WIP: JADE MOON WANING. For those of you that might be hopping on with this post, you can find Week 1 here. I have read aloud, editing along the way, 375 pages. The book, …