More snow here, also a little below zero this morning. I guess this winter means business.
A couple of notes –
Final edits have started, should have those finished and hopefully hit publish next week. Please notice I said if everything goes well. I’ve been editing since Monday, just been kind of crazy around here to post anything.
Also we’ll have for you a complete listing of when ebooks will be free. I’ll put that list out when we hit the publish button.
I’m writing book 9 – hit the 50k mark yesterday, and I’m still working on the first major thread. Normally what I do is write the main plot lines (threads) of the story and then weave them in when I’m editing them.
Opening and closing question marks (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Still have the cold but it’s getting better. I wanted to talk a bit about the process I use for editing. I’m still working on tweaking it some.
Writing – my favorite part.
Edit 1 – when I write the first draft, I write as fast as I can. If I don’t know a specific detail – I’ll put a couple of question marks in the document and move on. The first pass I do figures out what the question marks are.
Edit 2 – working on tweaking and tuning. Removing any obvious misspellings. If there are any parts that are difficult to read, I work on tweaking those.
Edit 3 – Done by my editor. This stage mostly looks at the overall work. She gives me a list of things I may need to add to (or take away from). Content Editing
Edit 4 – I work on changing things based on my editors input.
Edit 5 – the Line Edits – again by the editor.
Edit 6 – tweaks done
Edit 7 – Final Proofing by my editor.
Edit 8 – tweaks done and final pass.
Format / Cover / Testing and loading.
I’m still working out how to best do everything. The good thing is with each edits the red marks on my pages get less and less, until the final proofing which usually only has a few minor changes.
More snow here, also a little below zero this morning. I guess this winter means business.