I’m almost done now with the final revision of book one. I just need to fix a couple of formatting issues and that should do it. Once that’s finished, I’ll print a copy and read it out loud (as Anne Mini recommends) to catch any remaining spelling/grammar issues and check the sentence flow. Guess I’ll [...]
Archive for April, 2008
What Next?
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Writing: The Anti-Drug
Posted in writing on April 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After pulling 8 pages (two scenes) from my novel, I was met with a moment or two of concern. While I knew that the excised pages had to go, I had no idea what would take their place. None. I spent some time on Sunday thinking about it. I tossed a few ideas back and [...]
Standing Before The Firing Squad
Posted in Uncategorized on April 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about how these days it is very likely that a writer’s first page is as far as an agent or editor will go when determining if the story is one that piques his or her interest. To illustrate this point, please allow me to direct your attention to [...]
Word Count – Part Two
Posted in writing on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To follow up on my previous post, I posed the question of how to calculate word count to Colleen Lindsay over at The Swivet. I was not the only person with such a question, so she (being such a kind person) talked to one of her industry contacts about it. You can read about it [...]
How Many Words Did I Type?
Posted in writing on April 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Writing fiction is a lot of work. There are a million things to consider while writing a novel: character development, pacing, story arc, word choice, etc. Every page contains hundreds of decisions for the writer to make. Sometimes the decisions are easy and the pages flow like the Colorado River after the spring thaw. Other [...]
