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Release notes, process, and the odd dispatch from the desk.
April 2, 2014
I was Ken Adams before Joey Tribbiani.
This feels like forever ago, but way back in 1995, on a trip to Old Orchard Beach, Maine, I gave a girl I met at a restaurant a fake name.
Short Stories · Teenage Years · Vacation
March 31, 2014
What I Listen to When I Write
There’s been some discussion over what the “best” music is to listen to when you write — or if you should listen to music at all. I don’t have the right answer as to whether or not you should listen to music, I can only say that I do. Though I find myself listening to things that
Final Draft · Sales · Self Publishing
February 21, 2014
The independent writing community is amazing.
Over the last week, I’ve spent a good amount of time being social. Not in real life, but on Twitter. During the week, I’ve learned one very important thing: the independent writing community is fully of amazing, wonderful, and supportive people. No one’s judging you for wanting to write a book. No one’s trying to
Final Draft · Self Publishing
February 14, 2014
Victory! Editing is done!
That’s how I feel right now. Victorious. As of approximately 2 hours ago, I’m completely done with all of the editing that came back on the 3rd. I have to say, the entire editing process was extremely daunting. I had no idea when I started this thing that it’d be such a chore to read
Final Draft · Self Publishing
February 6, 2014
Back to Editing!
It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here! Sorry, I’m a bit excited. I got the final edits from my editor over the weekend after what felt like a few days short of eternity. Now that I’ve seen the complete edits, I understand why they took so long. To say that Word’s “Track Changes” contained a
Final Draft · Third Draft
December 30, 2013
Process Stalled
The editing process has come to sort of a screeching halt. It seems like that, anyway. I guess I didn’t anticipate that this would take so long. I finished the first draft 9 months ago and have been going through the editing process since. So far, I’ve: Had Austin read through the whole thing and
Final Draft · Third Draft
November 6, 2013
Editing Seems to Take Forever
Through no fault of anyone’s, it seems like this whole editing process is taking way longer than I anticipated or want it to. Six weeks ago, I put work on My Last Days on hold, so I could get back into the mindset of the characters for A Sour Chord, so the editing would be
Final Draft · Third Draft
October 16, 2013
My Last Days on Hold, Back to A Sour Chord
I didn’t realize it had been so long since I’d updated the progress blog here. Over the last three weeks, a bit has changed with things. My new (wonderful) editor, Lauren, sent me her initial feedback earlier in this month, which I’ve read at least half a dozen times by now. I agreed on most
Final Draft · First Draft · Sample Chapters · Third Draft