90 Days of Self Publishing Day 1: Editing and Typesetting [VIDEO]
Editing and Typesetting are the two most fundamental parts of building a book.
Read MoreWhat Now? What Next?
I need to go back. I need to open the manuscript again, now that I've really given myself the room and space to allow it to rest in my mind, when I can actually read the book with a fresh eye.
Read MoreEviscerate Your Darlings
I've found I'm pretty ruthless at cutting out clever turns of phrase. However, I've run into some major darlings that need themselves a good murderin'. I should have realized at the time, but I made a very silly mistake of switching POV deep into the book.
Read MoreBeta Reader Update
For the most part, all my beta readers lived up to my expectations. Everyone liked it, even those who didn't tend to read my genre. I got some really excellent notes from each person. Some notes confirmed my suspicions (sex scenes are too long, feminist dialogue is too didactic) and some of them surprised me (my antagonist is perfectly terrible, places where I thought I was overwriting were actually unclear).
Read MoreKnitting is Not Writing
I enjoy this tiny march to an end point. Each day, a new, perfect row appears. I can turn off my brain and watch the stitches add up. It's a simple pattern, so little backtracking is necessary to remind me where I left off. The pattern is there, it's not going anywhere, and I can follow along at my leisure. I'm not very attached to the outcome- while I'd like to add a hand-knit sweater to my wardrobe, my reputation, ego, and career aren't reliant on the completion of the sweater. No one in my community is asking "When can I see the sweater?" You see where I'm going with this?
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