Tag: editing process

• Thank you, beta readers

  It’s done. Novel #9 sent to my editor. More than any other novel I’ve written, the writing of this one has made me understand the true purpose of beta readers. Writers have blind spots. Or possibly soft spots. Maybe I get a little to sentimental at times and think a few chapters can get by…

  sassevn

  February 3, 2020

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  beta readers, editing manuscript, editing process, novel writing, Penang

• The Best I Could Is No Longer The Best I Can

  May this always be true: The best I could do is no longer the best I can do. If this is true, it means improvement is happening. And that’s what we want, isn’t it? Growth? I’m not the same writer I was five years ago. Honestly, that’s a very good thing.  When I was starting…

  sassevn

  May 11, 2019

  Uncategorized, Writing Process

  editing process, novel writing, self-improvement, self-publishing

• If It’s Good Enough for Mr. Livgren, then …

  

  I’ve admired Kerry Livgren for a long time. Yes, you know him. The composer, guitarist, lyricist of Kansas. Yes – “Carry on Wayward Son” – “Dust in the Wind” Okay, now you’re with me. Livgren didn’t just disappear after the glory years of Kansas in the late seventies and early eighties. Far from it. He…

  sassevn

  January 2, 2019

  Uncategorized, Writing Process

  editing process, Kansas, Kerry Livgren, re-writing, writing advice

• Writing Progress isn’t Always Visible

  A month ago, I boasted that the first novel in my first trilogy was complete and the second novel is half-written. Today, I can boast that the first novel in my first trilogy is almost complete and the second novel is half-written. Wait. What? Am I moving backwards? It may feel like that. Writing has…

  sassevn

  July 4, 2017

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  editing process, novel writing, revision

• Tedious Editing & a Decision about Kindle Scout

  I recently received the manuscript back from my editor for my new novel A Love Story for a Nation.  Once that happens, the gears start turning and the planning begins. The first step is to obviously fix the mistakes and issues brought up by my editor. This is what I can tedious editing – the minutia…

  sassevn

  April 8, 2015

  Indie Author

  Amazon, editing process, indie author, kindle scout, novel writing, publishing, publishing deal

• I Don’t Have the Luxury of Agonizing over Words

  What brought this topic on was that I was revising my new novel’s manuscript last night and I read and re-read one sentence which I knew could be better, but it just wasn’t fixing itself and my brain wasn’t helping. I finally moved on, realizing that I would have to live with that phrase for…

  sassevn

  January 24, 2015

  Indie Author

  editing process, indie author, novel release timeline, revising, writing process

• That Sinking Feeling that a New Novel is Almost Ready

  I spent part of the afternoon looking over some edits I received back from my proofreader for my third novel, The Reach of the Banyan Tree. As I was polishing some language and grammar, I found myself analyzing every word I had written. Sudden angst welled up within me, and I started to think that perhaps…

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  April 27, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  ARC, beta readers, book publishing, editing process, indie author, novel release