Tag Archives: editing
How the Writing Is Going: December 22, 2023 (plus holiday cat photos)
In this week’s episode of Anything to Avoid Working on the Judgement Manuscript, author Paul B. Spence has written about three thousand words of Fimbulwinter after agonizing over how much backstory (summary of what the protagonist was doing in previous … Continue reading
How the Writing and Editing Are Going: November 9, 2023
Just finished the final round of editing on The High Priestess a few minutes before noon. Wanted to get it done before the eleventh of the month, because November 11 and precognition have an unpleasant association in my mind, and … Continue reading
How All the (Current) Book Stuff Is Going: October 20, 2023
We have the start of a blurb for The Sorcerer. (*editor breathes a sigh of relief*) It needs a little bit of adjustment, but that’s all. (As Paul has been saying a lot in recent months, “Anything to avoid working … Continue reading
One More Round of Editing…
Got the manuscript of The Sorcerer back from the author today. I’ll give it one more pass of light editing, to make sure no comma splices slipped in while he was clarifying pronouns and whatnot, and then this novel will … Continue reading
Thoughts on editing, sort of: August 1, 2023
So… I finished the first round of editing on The High Priestess yesterday afternoon. I do love a good cliffhanger, don’t you? 🙂 (Much to my dismay, I have been the viewpoint character in the final scene of this novel, … Continue reading
Thoughts While Editing The High Priestess on 7-25-2023
I’ve been editing The High Priestess today: ten chapters so far, but since this novel won’t be published until sometime next year, I have plenty of time. Just got to a scene in which the two normal characters (*checks irony … Continue reading
August, he said…
I’m currently just fifteen pages from being done copyediting Riders on the Storm (book two of The Endless Realms series). Unless the author gets impatient and decides to move the publication date again, this novel won’t be out until August. … Continue reading
How the Writing Is Going: February 6, 2023
A few minutes ago (6:58 PM), I finished editing The Dark Plaza, the fifth and final book of The Awakening. (*happy dance*) Sometime soonish, Paul will go back over the manuscript one last time, clarifying pronouns, filling in dropped words, … Continue reading
Life: Editing, Cats, Art, and More Cats — the Usual.
Ever notice how any word, if you look at it enough, starts to look like nonsense? Well, after looking at the word house a few hundred times (and having to determine each time if it’s supposed to be capitalized in … Continue reading
How the Writing Is Going: January 13, 2023
But first, kitten pictures! That’s Soot Sprite (Sprite, for short), the new kitten. She’s older than she looks; she’s just tiny. It doesn’t show well in this photo due to the lighting, but she’s a black tabby with white/pale grey … Continue reading
North of Andover 