Editing: No Worse Than a Visit To the Dentist
Actually I am a big cry baby when it comes to the dentist so being no worse isn’t saying much. What am I talking about? Receiving my completed edit b...
Author: Mark Sennen
Under the Editor’s Knife
OK. Gone. I have dispatched Touch to the guys at BubbleCow. They have won the dubious privilege of editing 93,000 words of pure _____ (fill in your own word, I ...
Editors
It has been a long time since I posted. The reason? Have been slaving (or should that be slavering?) over the final draft. Now it is done and I have sent off so...
Is All Publicity Good Publicity?
Not sure… This reaction by an author to a bad review has gone viral: http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/2011/03/greek-seaman-jacqueline-howett.html I have n...
Finished the 3rd. Now for Beta Readers
OMG I have finished the third draft of Touch! No champagne in the house, but I have permitted myself a cup of tea and a biscuit (just the one, let’s not g...
Third Draft: Hunting Those Adverbs
Oh yes, my favourite pastime: hunting down and slaughtering adverbs. My first and second draft are full of them and that won’t do. My mission, should I ch...
Stuck Plot
I was reading something on a forum the other day about getting plot ideas and about getting stuck in a rut and not being able to climb out. I don’t do muc...
Spotlight on the software I write with
I use Writemonkey as my word processor. The observant of you will have noticed the link to it in the menu column. I am thinking of setting up a page dedica...
Sales Numbers Don’t Equal Success
I think indie authors are too hung up on sales numbers. Having thousands of sales at 99c (approx 70p) does not mean that the author is more successful or better...
Dreams
Have you ever had one of those dreams that appears to solve everything? In this case I am talking about my novel. Last night I had a dream where everything fell...
