Extreme editing
I have 2 editors.
The person who creates my book covers and does the uploading (as well as final edits) lives in South Africa. I hope that she is able to recover from major surgery soon. I miss her upbeat spirit and great advice.
My partner in blogging, Kayuk, is taking me to her home today for week-long extreme editing.
I read one chapter out loud, she reads the next, and we talk about what would work better.
Sometimes, a new chapter is needed. Other times, a bit of slice and dice is in order. On rare occasion, I have to write an additional chapter to make the book flow.
No, we don’t visit Busch Gardens or do more than eat, sleep, edit, and exercise. My camera is packed, so that I can take pictures of the experience, and I’ll try to write about it at least once while I’m gone.
Hopefully, we’ll have book 2 in print form soon. We’re working on having book 3 edits completed and published in a few months. We might even be able to start on edits to book 4 this week.
Life isn’t getting any longer. I’m in a race to get all 16 of the books in the series published before I have to go to a nursing home. 🙂
Wish me luck!
I do wish you luck and quite a mission to have the 16 – but how great as well – and one page at a time….
have you have a nice time with Kayuk and the editing – whew
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Thanks. 🙂
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Wishing you enormous luck and success! Sounds like you and your editor have a dream creative partnership.
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It’s the editing I’ve been looking for. If it works out, she’ll be able to edit for people with vision problems and dyslexia. There are few out there who can do that.
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You are lucky to have a friend and partner who will help you go through the editing process. It actually sounds like a wonderful week!
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Lovin’ it so far. 🙂
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Good luck! Urging home? What is this to which you speak? Cheers,H
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Hopefully not a place I’ll ever end up going to “live.” 🙂
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Damn it! Nursing home………my autocorrect is broken! Cheers,H
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GOOD LUCK times a million! LOL
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When you have a book in your head, or in your case 16, they have to come out. When you think about it, we’re all in a race before the nursing home calls. Here’s a curious thought: When it rings what happens if I don’t answer????
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The usual — you’ve either lost the dream of a lifetime or evaded yet another spammer. 🙂
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I’m holding my breath on the spammer. 😉
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