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Release notes, process, and the odd dispatch from the desk.

• May 27, 2013

  Just about halfway through

  I’ve been chugging away at doing my first read through and am just about halfway there.  It’s such a surreal experience to read your own work, especially since I’ve been reading it on the iPad. Though I decided the other day that once I’m done with Austin’s edits (which should hopefully be soon), I’m going

  First Draft · Progress

• May 12, 2013

  Will editing ever end?!

  The longer and longer the editing process takes, the more and more I feel like it’s never going to end.  It seems like we’ve been editing for months.  In some aspects, we have, but it feels like a lot longer than it actually has taken. My buddy Austin, you know him — the one that’s

  Progress

• May 4, 2013

  Even more editing!

  Despite going through his last few weeks of his Masters program, Austin’s been awesome at doing this editing project.  I imagine that when all is said and done, he’s probably going to hate me a little bit.  I don’t think he realized how much work this would be when I asked him to do it.

  First Draft · Progress

• April 25, 2013

  Editing Continues

  I’ve been hard at work with my editor buddy chugging our way through the first draft edit that we’re doing.  It’s been a pretty slow and grueling process, but on the bright side, we’re making good headway. Based on the progress we’re making, I’m guessing this will take another 6-8 weeks. Once that’s done, I’m

  Audio Book · First Draft · Progress

• April 17, 2013

  The Editor’s First Feedback

  I’ve been working with my good buddy, Austin, lately to have him go through my first draft and do a rough edit.  From what I’ve read online, that means he goes through and reads the whole thing, pointing out typos, grammatical errors, etc.  Of which there are plenty, I’m sure. He’s also been pointing out

  First Draft · Progress

• April 8, 2013

  Editing Continues

  While waiting to hear back from my friends with their feedback and comments, I’ve continued to think of ways to improve the story.  Which is kind of backwards, given that I’ve asked someone to edit the first draft. I’m thinking the characters need to be painted more as pictures.  I tried to do my best

  First Draft · Progress

• April 1, 2013

  Editing: Round 1

  I started reading through the first draft myself last week, and got to the fourth chapter.  I quickly realized that I was too invested in the story to do the actual editing myself. So today I compiled a PDF of the first draft and sent it to my buddy Austin, who’s got an eye for

  First Draft · Prep Work · Progress

• March 29, 2013

  The Author Website

  As you may have noticed, I have a website here.  Shocking, I know!  What you may not know is that I started building the website before I even started writing the book. My day job consists of many things to do with websites – working on them, building them, helping people with theirs – so

  Website