Tag: proofreading
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Novel Three: The End Game
It’s hard for me to believe that I’m finally at this point with my third novel. What point? The end game. Yes, that’s right, I’m using February to go over the manuscript one last time before I send it on to my editor for proofreading. Novel title: The Reach of the Banyan Tree Tentative Release Date: July…
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5 Things Indie Authors Should Remember
This list should probably be the top 100 things indie authors should remember. Must expand later. But here are five things I always try to keep in mind. 1) Scrivener is awesome. Learn Scrivener. Learn it well. Sit back and acknowledge how freeing writing is by using it. 2) Never trust your own eyesight. (I…
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56,000 Moving Parts – Try Fixing That!
As far as I can tell, cars have on average about 14,000 moving parts. Complicated to fix? Yes, I think so. And my car knows a thing or two about having its parts moved around on a frequent basis. Well, my new novel, The Recluse Storyteller, has 56,000 moving parts. As I’m in the final stages of…
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Proofreaders … ahh … well, hang on. A little snag.
Remember that cheeky post from the other day, gloating that I was done with revisions and ready to send to my proofreaders. Well, no, that isn’t happening. Not yet. Remember that other post I had about the curse of reading my own writing. As I started doing one final read-through before handing it to the…
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The Curse of Reading One’s Own Writing
Will there ever come a day when I can just sit down and read my own writing? Period. What I mean is, will there ever come a day when I can sit down and read my own writing without wanting to tweak the text? Now I’m planning on re-reading The Recluse Storyteller just for effect.…
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Done! Proofreaders, get ready.
This afternoon, basked by the warm shade of the palm trees, I finished editing and formatting The Recluse Storyteller – my soon-to-be released second novel. The release date, barring any unforeseen circumstance, is October 8 – my birthday. What an awesome present I’m giving myself. I’m really excited about this novel. Very different. Yes, funny,…
Author Mark W Sasse 