Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Getting There

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with things here. I've been so busy with writing (on more than one project) that I haven't really made much time for keeping up with my blog here. I suppose that's a good thing in a way, but I don't like keeping my readers in the dark.

So before I get back to working on Shadow Stalker, I just wanted to let you know that I'm getting there. I'm on track for finishing the first draft by the end of August. Then I plan to take a month to work on another project while giving my brain a bit of a break. Then I'll start the editing process.

I bought a book called Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King. Renni Browne was once the senior editor for William Morrow and founded The Editorial Department. David King is a contributing editor at Writer's Digest (or was at the time of the writing of this book). After having a look through it, I can see it's going to be an awesome guide and I've heard great things about it from people who have already used it. So I'm pretty anxious about using it for the first time.

I expect it's going to take at least a few months to do the editing, but I'm getting there.

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