Posts Tagged ‘editing’

It’s like Narnia in my neighborhood. An (expected) inch of ice and 8 (surprise) inches of snow combined with a low, white cloud cover… I am warm and cozy with Mr. Tumnus and the Beavers (husband and kids) so I’m sure the White Witch will pass right by. Some were not so lucky, like my [...]

Sarah commented on the previous post, “I think your editing plan sounds very sensible. I did a total of four passes through my novel, and with each one I felt able to work at a deeper level, as the easier bits were corrected or smoothed out.”
I think I’ll end up with about four passes, too. [...]

I’ll begin with a call to prayer. My regular readers are familiar with the Darcs, a husband and wife team who have been tireless supporters of me, my blog, and my writing for a couple of years now. Darcknyt and Darc’sFalcon have brought me many blessings, and I’ll always be grateful for their friendship. I won’t [...]

Okay. Yesterday saw a milestone, and some of you witnessed it on Facebook: I finished my work in progress. Now, this may not seem like a very big deal to some people, and it may not be a very big deal to me later, but right now, yeah. It’s huge. Do you know what a struggle [...]

The company I edit for does videos of their monthly releases, and this month’s is out. My friend Jayden Chelsee/Tabitha Shay’s western romance is the first book you see in the video, but I didn’t work on that one.
No, both of the ones I worked on are erotica short stories, and I’ve just seen the [...]

I have a little fragrance hangover. Yesterday was my daughter’s Thanksgiving lunch at school, and I actually did quite well. Felt fine (as fine as I ever do) while I was there and into the evening. The eyesight started to get a little iffy around nine, and I went to bed soon after. Woke up [...]

So I have this editing job. I haven’t decided yet if it’s a good idea to associate my writer persona with my editing persona, so I won’t be linking to or mentioning the company by name in this post. I’ve learned some things that would benefit my author friends, so I thought I’d share in [...]