Blog Post Category: editing

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Anticipation on page 126.

Anticipation on page 126.

I'm happily ensconced in the middle of reviewing my editor's latest copy of FLOTSAM, thinking about things like cover typography and character illu...

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Write Every Day or Stop Now: Internalizing Advice

Write Every Day or Stop Now: Internalizing Advice

I can't decide whether or not to touch this. So, for anyone who isn't aware, there was an article posted recommending that anyone who wants to writ...

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State of the Unbelievable

State of the Unbelievable

First Holy shit, you guys. The Nebula Conference. SFWA people are amazing. I have never experienced a 0-60 like that, in terms of being a total str...

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Final Days of CampNaNoWriMo

Final Days of CampNaNoWriMo

There are six days, including today, left of Camp NaNoWriMo, and according to my original goal of 115K words, I have just under 13K to go. My ac...

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Halfway through Camp NaNoWriMo

Halfway through Camp NaNoWriMo

So I haven't made a big deal about it, but I am participating in CampNaNoWriMo.org's April month of writing. I don't tend to stress too much about ...

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I knew this would be a big week.

I knew this would be a big week.

Sunday morning I shifted focus to completing the Grammarly/ProWritingAid pass on Flotsam so I could hopefully time another print proof with the fin...

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Writing Update: Thoughts, Plans, and Process

Writing Update: Thoughts, Plans, and Process

Snow day today! Work closed and there's a state-wide travel ban. We are expecting up to two feet of snow before it's done, so I have extra time...

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Another quick status update

Another quick status update

I'm trying to give myself more time for the work, so here's another bulleted status update. Whenever I do feel like I have more to say about things...

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Quick State of the Disarray Update

Quick State of the Disarray Update

Normally I'd find some theme with which to tie together the various stages of my process, and make it sound nice and hopeful or whatever for my Tue...

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Editing Aftermath

Editing Aftermath

I completed my proofreading edit review/implementation on Sunday. The proofreader I hired through Reedsy caught some fantastic issues, and while I...

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