Tag: advanced readers

• Now what? Novel four in a waiting game.

  This is an exciting time for any novelist – a second draft of my latest novel is complete and I am now sending it off to some trusted readers for feedback. Exciting, yet scary. No one else has even seen a word of this novel, and now about eight people will be receiving it, tasked…

  sassevn

  October 12, 2014

  Indie Author

  advanced readers, editing, final manuscript, reader feedback, writing, writing draft

• I’d Rather Write a Novel than a Summary of that Novel

  I’m at it again. One of my most frustrating times of the year. Writing the dreaded “blurb” that will become the back of my novel or the description on Amazon or just the pitch that I’ll use with reviewers. I’m nearly at the point of sending the draft of my fourth novel out to some…

  sassevn

  October 1, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  advanced readers, blurb writing, creativity, indie author, novel writing, synopsis writing, writing, writing process

• Advanced Readers and Novel #3

  I’m starting to get feedback from some advanced readers concerning my third novel. I’m excited by what I’m hearing so far. It made me think. What makes a good advanced reader? Well, I like diversity. My third novel is mainly set in Vietnam, so I have chosen a variety of readers – foreigners who have…

  sassevn

  December 12, 2013

  Indie Author

  advanced readers, indie author, novel writing

• Humble Thyself, Writer!

  I’m the worst. Or at least I can be.  I’m so fiercely independent that I want to do it all alone. I like to think that everything I write is the best writing in the world and that readers’ opinions are mere distractions. But I’m learning. Everything I write makes sense to me. I understand…

  sassevn

  September 17, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  advanced readers, constructive criticism, The Recluse Storyteller, writers

• Couldn’t make it through the first chapter: The importance of advanced readers

  After I finished writing The Recluse Storyteller in the summer of 2012, I passed it on to my first faithful advanced reader. I was confident and excited. I liked how the story came together, but I was, of course, a little nervous. You know how it is when you finally expose one of your creations to the…

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  July 24, 2013

  What’s Happening, Writing Process

  advanced readers, novel editing, Sasse novels, The Recluse Storyteller