Category: Editing
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Writing Update: “The Sorcerers’ Bargain”
It’s been a while! Mostly because I have learned that I can’t do all things all the time. That doesn’t, however, mean I haven’t been writing (and plotting … always with the plotting!). “The Sorcerers’ Bargain” is done! And by “done,” I mean my initial draft has been completed, edited and is now being updated…
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Harbinger: A Progress Report and 4 Non-Useful Lessons Learned
Revising is hard. Have I mentioned that revising is hard? Revising is hard, y’all! But I’m continuing to plug away and celebrate the little victories (like finally finishing the revisions on the first part of my manuscript —- woot!). Here’s a few things I’ve learned as I’ve revised (none of which are particularly useful!): First…
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Revising Is Hard, Y’all
I thought finishing my first draft of Harbinger was hard. And it was! I spent years dreaming, drafting, ignoring the insane urge to spend more time copy-editing than writing … but I persevered and finally — FINALLY — got to that finished first draft. Woo-hoo! I was on to the revising portion. I knew this…
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Slow but Steady …
In April of 2017, I started writing a YA fantasy novel (Harbinger). In December of 2018, I finished my first draft — all 75,538 words of it. Today, looking down the barrel of December 2019, my first revision is 97,307 words long, and I’m beginning to chisel my way into an almost-final version. Back in…
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