Editing Category
Book Issues
Posted on July 21, 2019 Leave a Comment
I know I haven’t posted here in quite some time, and I need to do better with that. I’ll fill you in on my issues with the second edition of Lift, the first novel in my Flying Ponies trilogy. I ordered some second editions for an author event that I ended up cancelling out of […]
Round Two Down!
Posted on November 4, 2018 Leave a Comment
I just finished the second edits, the color edits, on Tilt. Next up is taking all the changes and incorporating them into the manuscript. I’m hoping to get Tilt to my editor by the middle of December. This book has been a lot easier to work with than Lift. The story knows where it’s headed, […]
Editing With Color
Posted on October 2, 2018 Leave a Comment
I am now on the second round of edits on Tilt, book two in The Flying Ponies trilogy. This second stage is what I refer to as my “highlighter” round. Each pertinent character and sometimes story line gets assigned a different color highlighter. As I go through the manuscript, I use those colors to mark […]
But What If It’s Bad?!
Posted on August 14, 2018 Leave a Comment
Yeah. I’m going to be blunt. I’m afraid to start editing Tilt, book two in The Flying Ponies trilogy because, GASP! what if it’s bad? Having gone through the editing process last year starting around this time with Lift, book one in the trilogy, I know it’s not fun. It’s not supposed to be, I don’t think. Oh maybe, if you […]
NEWSFLASH
Posted on February 13, 2018 Leave a Comment
Lift is done with revisions! It has officially gone to the publisher to be formatted into both trade paperback and e-book forms! Thank you to my wonderful editor, Kat Szmit, of One Wicked Wordsmith – you rock! K. R. Conway of Wicked Whale Publishing is working on the cover art and the book formatting now. […]
Lift Off!
Posted on November 26, 2017 Leave a Comment
So just a quick announcement: Lift has been completely edited, and emailed to my publisher. After she reads it, I may have to make some more edits, but even so – Lift has left the desk! It has been a huge undertaking. Writing a book is largely a lonely endeavor. It’s just you, some notes, […]
The Author Life…or Something Like That
Posted on October 20, 2017 Leave a Comment
It’s beautiful outside today. It’s 71 degrees (according to my weather app on my Android), and there’s a breeze playing through the trees outside my window. The trees are starting to change, finally. With all the rain and wind we got here in west Michigan last week, I wasn’t sure there’d be any leaves left. […]
SPRING FEVER
Posted on April 18, 2017 Leave a Comment
I think it’s finally spring here in west Michigan. The birds have been returning, led by the robins and geese. A random snow shower might still pop up uninvited; Michigan can be, after all, quite tempestuous. But the grass is greening up, the horses are finally shedding their heavy winter coats, and the ORV park […]
The Ponies Are Taking Flight
Posted on February 24, 2017 Leave a Comment
So I know I haven’t updated this website in quite a while, and I apologize for that. I do, however, have some big news about the Flying Ponies. I finished the first book (as yet untitled) on Valentines Day, and am letting it sit for a few weeks before taking on the task of editing […]
Shushing the Darlings
Posted on April 19, 2016 Leave a Comment
So I don’t know about anyone else’s characters, but when I’m editing, mine like to try and tell me how to do it. “Oh, you don’t need to take that part out.” “Yeah, take his line out. I don’t like listening to him.” Of course, it doesn’t help that my two MC boys in Peril […]
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