I wrote a novel, and (self) published it ten years ago today. Three years ago I re-read it while on vacation, and decided to do it with a pen in hand. I circled a few typos, noted some words that were repeated a little too close to each other, and crossed out/added some commas. And …
Scrambling at the last minute
My goal was to get my first novel published by the end of the year, and I got it in just under the wire. I finished off the latest edit, and I sent off a copy at the end of November to one of my beta readers to check for typos and grammar errors. While …
Final cut
I spent the month of October doing what I thought would be a final edit of Share the Road. I wanted to get the edit done before changing my focus to the new book, and I thought that going through the novel would also recharge my writing battery for NaNoWriMo.If I haven't lost count, this …
Beta readers
It was time to let someone else read my novel. Oddly enough, the novel proofs I had ordered were cheaper than printing the book out on 8 1/2 x 11 paper. So my beta readers were about to be duped by the appearance of a finished novel. Over a few months, the three copies got …
Painting a better picture
I enjoyed the first read-through. I found good bits and pieces that I had forgotten about. I could see the occasional a-ha moments that happened as I wrote my way into the story. I saw again how random things I put down early in the story popped up again later. And after reading it through, …
First read
My first novel, written in a rush in just over a month. There was pride, there was elation, there was computer screen eye fatigue…now I had to read the thing. One of the many lessons from On Writing was to shelter away your first draft and show no one the work in progress. It is …
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