Tag Archives: editing
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
More About How the Writing Is Going: January 2, 2023
At nine PM today, I finished copyediting Instruments of Faith, the sequel to I Won’t Cry for Yesterday. Also, Paul tells me that there are no more backstory adjustments necessary to make The Dark Plaza work with the prequel series, … Continue reading
Take Someone Else’s Word for It
Since I’m still not up to writing more “Writing Glitch” posts (when last we saw my mind, it was eating tacos/enchiladas in Albuquerque), here’s a link to someone else’s advice on the topic of comma usage: To Comma, or Not … Continue reading
Writing/Editing Advice for the Day
Don’t consult an editor who uses the word literally to mean not literally. I just read a blog post in which the blogger, someone who feels he has ‘found his niche’ as a giver of ‘expert’ advice on writing/publishing, tells … Continue reading
Editing status: boss fight
I’m about two-thirds of the way through the manuscript, at least. I would have had this one done months ago, but various real-life circumstances (mostly health problems) got in the way of me even working on it. (You know me: … Continue reading
North of Andover 