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

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  January 14, 2019

  An Editing Update

  Just a quick update on how editing is progressing on My Last Days.

  Sample Chapters · Self Publishing

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  September 25, 2018

  Copies sent to test readers!

  I just sent copies of my "final" draft to my beta readers. Victory! Oh.. maybe not?

  Progress · Sample Chapters · Self Publishing

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  September 11, 2018

  20 Chapters to go!

  Only 20 chapters left in my editing of the final draft. Is it sucking my will to live? Find out here!

  Sample Chapters · Self Publishing

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  August 3, 2018

  “Final” Draft Editing of My Last Days

  I'm editing the "final" draft of My Last Days. This post talks about what that process has been like over the last few years.

  Sample Chapters · Self Publishing

• September 15, 2015

  Editing continues!

  I feel like editing is the bane of my existence. No matter how much I edit, there’s always more to edit. I’m about a quarter of the way through the fourth draft’s edits, which so far have been minor, but it still needs to be done. It’s been going a lot slower than I want

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• August 10, 2015

  Third Draft is done!

  I finished the third draft a week and a half ago and think I’ve incorporated all of the editor’s feedback in a way that makes sense and works for the story. The next step is that I have to go through the process of reading the entire third draft again, page by page, chapter by

  Sample Chapters · Third Draft

• July 13, 2015

  Third Draft in progress

  I won’t lie, when I first got Lauren’s feedback on my second draft, I was disheartened. I wanted to just throw the whole thing away and give up. With the lack of success of A Sour Chord and the negative feedback for the (then current) draft of My Last Days, I thought it might be

  Sample Chapters · Third Draft

• April 13, 2015

  Back to the Drawing Board

  After reading (and re-reading and re-reading) Lauren’s assessment of My Last Days and reluctantly agreeing with most of what she said, it’s time to go back to the drawing board. At first, it felt like she was cutting down my work, which made me a little upset. I think that’s understandable though, no one wants

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