I belong to a lot of email loops. Some professional, some for marketing purposes. There are a lot of discussions going on about different aspects of publishing and the book market. Well, the other day someone was talking about a formatting disagreement an author was having with their editor. (It had to do with POV and I’ll save [...]
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Don’t Hate the Edits
Published March 18th, 2010 in Bonded Souls, Editing, Shifting Bonds and Writing. ClosedAfter I’ve spent months writing a story and even more time pouring over it and editing so each sentence, each paragraph paints a vivid emotional picture for the reader, I send my story off to a beta reader. I usually have one person reading for typos and misspellings (shhhh … don’t tell anyone, but this writer [...]
Okay, so my idea of what’s acceptable as far as editing errors in a published book has changed since I started writing. It’s not like I haven’t seen errors in NYT Bestselling books in all genres and mostly I thought … sheesh, they couldn’t catch that? Because the fact is, something missed in editing whether [...]
Say it’s “Just Riiiiigt”
Published March 15th, 2009 in Editing, Liquid Silver Books and Writing. 11 CommentsOkay, I’m going to admit it in public. I love editing. Don’t hate me and please don’t throw things at me. I do. It’s one of my favorite parts of the writing process. I’m pushing through a first draft at the moment. And when I say pushing, that’s what I mean. I force myself to [...]
I am at a point now where I write my stories with a particular publisher in mind. I check submission guidelines, formats, and word count. And there’s a disturbing trend for writers … word counts are shrinking. Harlequin and Silhouette, the two big guys in category romance (that is romance stories coming out monthly), have lowered the [...]
Editing … Bandaids or Stitches?
Published July 8th, 2008 in Editing, Ramblings, Tilling Passions, Writing and furry fluffy and wild. 2 CommentsSo, I’m at it again. Editing my book, Blue Moon Rising. I don’t know if I’m odd for a writer, but I will admit … I love the editing phase of writing a book. Blue Moon Rising is the fifth story I have had to plow through and fix. I’ve heard rumors that some authors don’t care for [...]
*** NOTE: If you’re an aspiring author I hope you find this post helpful. If you’re a reader … I hope you find it intriguing. *** There’s lots of talk in the publishing world about editing. Who’s doing it … who’s not. When I first started writing I believed I’d send my manuscript in and some [...]
