Friends are reading A Sour Chord!

So much has happened in the last week!  Let’s get you all caught up, shall we?

For starters, I’ve sent out the book to half a dozen friends to read and give me their feedback.  Not so much on the grammar and typo side, but of the story itself.  They’ve been chugging along pretty quickly.  I haven’t gotten any feedback yet, but I did set up a survey to capture their feedback and am anxiously awaiting some results to help nail down some final touches!

I also finished the second draft! I went through and re-read the entire thing last week, tweaking phrasing, word usage, and adding a chapter that I thought I wrote but didn’t.

Once I gather everyone’s feedback, I’ll do a third edit before sending it off to an official editor to get their feedback and make changes before going live with sales.

I’m beyond excited and I can’t wait!

Second Edit Complete!

It’s been a month since my last update and I’ve been hard at work on reconfiguring parts of the story.

Since the last update, a number of things have changed and gotten completed;

• Our female lead has gotten a name change — I never liked the name I originally picked, so I went through a brainstorming session (bringing in some others’ opinions, as well) and finally came up with her new name.
• The band’s name has been finalized as well — the name in the first draft was a placeholder and I knew that from the very first time I typed that name.  The name I picked I feel is strong and fits better with the characters that make up the band.
• The second draft is complete — I reworked some of the bits and pieces to make the story tie together a little better.  I still have a couple of ideas for things I may change, but I want to get some feedback first.  Which brings us to:
• I solicited some feedback from friends on the finalized second draft.  I have about half a dozen people reading through the book now who are going to provide their feedback to me.  I look forward to hearing what other people thought.

I’m still right on schedule for end of September, I think.  Though, at this point, I’m at the mercy of other people.  I’m hopeful I’ll have enough time to finish by then.  Things that are left to do:

• Create the artwork for the cover.
• Do a final edit.
• Have a professional editor read through it.
• Publish to Kindle, iBooks and Barnes & Noble store.
• (Eventually) record an audio book version (assuming there’s any interest in such a thing.)

I’m getting both nervous and excited.  Only one person has read the book entirely through so far and I’m freaking out a bit having six more people read it.  I can’t wait to hear what they think!