After what felt like forever of no progress, things are finally moving in the right direction with A Sour Chord. I got artwork back from the graphic designer who implemented all of the changes I requested and it looked amazing. To make sure I was really in love with it, I compiled the book into […]
The graphic designer that’s working on the cover art for A Sour Chord emailed me a few tests last night to see what I thought of them. We went back and forth a few times about placement of a few of the components and after going back and adjusting them, we’re just about done. He’s out […]
Everyone’s got their own unique writing setup. Everyone has what works for them and prefers to work in a certain manner. I have a unique setup, as I spend my non-writing days doing a variety of other jobs; building websites, doing tech support, doing voice recording. I’ve got a unique setup on my desk, so […]
There’s been some discussion over what the “best” music is to listen to when you write — or if you should listen to music at all. I don’t have the right answer as to whether or not you should listen to music, I can only say that I do. Though I find myself listening to things that […]
Over the last week, I’ve spent a good amount of time being social. Not in real life, but on Twitter. During the week, I’ve learned one very important thing: the independent writing community is fully of amazing, wonderful, and supportive people. No one’s judging you for wanting to write a book. No one’s trying to […]
That’s how I feel right now. Victorious. As of approximately 2 hours ago, I’m completely done with all of the editing that came back on the 3rd. I have to say, the entire editing process was extremely daunting. I had no idea when I started this thing that it’d be such a chore to read […]
It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here! Sorry, I’m a bit excited. I got the final edits from my editor over the weekend after what felt like a few days short of eternity. Now that I’ve seen the complete edits, I understand why they took so long. To say that Word’s “Track Changes” contained a […]
The editing process has come to sort of a screeching halt. It seems like that, anyway. I guess I didn’t anticipate that this would take so long. I finished the first draft 9 months ago and have been going through the editing process since. So far, I’ve: Had Austin read through the whole thing and […]
Through no fault of anyone’s, it seems like this whole editing process is taking way longer than I anticipated or want it to. Six weeks ago, I put work on My Last Days on hold, so I could get back into the mindset of the characters for A Sour Chord, so the editing would be […]
I didn’t realize it had been so long since I’d updated the progress blog here. Over the last three weeks, a bit has changed with things. My new (wonderful) editor, Lauren, sent me her initial feedback earlier in this month, which I’ve read at least half a dozen times by now. I agreed on most […]
