Many rounds of editing on Waking In Illur, book 3, have been completed. While this is a needed achievement for publication, I am nowhere near finished. I still have to go through a few more editing cycles. Each edit gets faster, but they all take considerable time. Editing is necessary and fulfilling. I get the […]
I am happy to announce the title of Book 3 in the Divine Land Of Illur Series is Waking In Illur. Quick side note – editing is going very well. I am ready to send the book out to beta readers. If you are interested in reading Waking In Illur before the official publication date, […]
I completed the first round of editing for Book 3. While I am happy with the story, it will need several more rounds of editing before it is ready to go in the hands of my AMAZING beta readers. The lucky people chosen for beta reading will get early access to book 3 and named […]
Editing: 209 of 258 pages Going into the new year I wanted to set some year-long goals for myself. This is not a resolution to be tossed away by the end of January, but guidelines to help progress as an author. When I chose the goals, I needed to look at all aspects of my […]
Editing: 110 of 258 pages When you are writing, it is common to repeat words. During the first draft of your story, the entire goal is getting all the story in your mind onto the computer (or whatever your method of writing may be). During the endless cycle of edits, there are so many elements […]
I am happy to report the first draft of Book 3 in the Divine Land Of Illur Series is complete. I wrote 81,958 words. That is less than my first two books, but still within the goal of 80 – 90K. I also know there are many areas of the manuscript that need descriptions added. […]
Everyone keeps asking when I will have book 2 ready…well, I finished writing it! There is a long way to go yet, but we are on our way. The next step is to self-edit multiple times, and then send it to my editor, Danielle. So much editing ahead!!
To say things are slow going is actually being quite kind to myself. It is halting…then a bit of progress…halting again…then a little more progress. School has started back and my role has temporarily altered. I am working through the change by doing what I can on the weekends. My timeline for editing is out […]
I am officially tired of listening to my own voice. I would love to say I am almost finished, but it is not true. Everything has been recorded (finally), but editing and putting each chapter together is time consuming. I pondered what I would do differently, and decided to take a much needed break to […]
Total Queries: 73Total Rejections: 28 I officially stopped querying on November 5th. My heart flutters writing that. I was a few queries shy of my 75 query goal, but I am very pleased. Immense research went into the process and can truly say I only queried a few Literary Agents that didn’t explicitly say they […]