Tag: Publishing
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Back from vacation with my first reader feedback!
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I just returned from a week of fun and sun with my wife’s family. It was the best beach trip I have had with them, and was very restive as well. One thing I did not do, however, was work on the novel very much. I printed up a copy of it and took it…
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On beginnings.
I did it! The first draft of Empire is done! I printed up the first four chapters first to start editing them, and I am already extremely happy with the improvements being made. Part of me regrets even sharing what parts I did now. The book will truly be ten times better by the time…
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On editing and fear.
Editing terrifies me. When I wrote in college, editing always took my work and twisted it into something it wasn’t at first. I began to think of editing as the process of bastardizing a work until it was ground beef, rather than the filet it was when it existed in my head. Putting words onto…
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History and happiness: My writing story
I could have done it on Friday, but I decided to leave meeting my word count goal for today, and I just did it! I decided a few months into the school year this year to set forth writing my first novel. This is a dream I have had since I was a kid and…
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Updated my story on Worthy of Publishing.
I added to more chapters to what I posted of Empire on Worthy of Publishing. These five chapters make up the first act. The more I have realized this, the more I have also realized that I need to beef this section up. I am very happy with the end. The middle is coming out…
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Empire Moves, Slowly But Surely.
I have been driving my Facebook pals crazy with almost daily short updates on the progress I am making. So far, I am blowing my 5 pages a day goal out of the water. But, more importantly, I am happy with what I have. Things have changed a bit from the planning stages to what…
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