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How Many is TOO Many?

With the changing face of publishing it seems books are going through fewer and fewer edits these days. Print publishing houses are cutting back on staff to save costs from submission to publication. Some digital publishing houses are pushing books through to keep up with the high demand of their readers. And authors are now [...]

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The Thrill Never Dies

I just finished edits on my twelfth book, which in the grand scheme of things isn’t very many. I’m a very slow writer by many standards, but I digress. It’s not the number that’s important here. I only wanted to let you know I’ve been through the process of publishing a book plenty of times [...]

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It’s all in the Method

Yeeeeah, this picture has absolutely nothing to do with my post today. It just made me happy which is exactly how I’m feeling. I’m waiting for edits on my newly contracted “Maid for Master“. Don’t groan. I LOVE editing and I adore my editor. It’s been awhile since I looked at this manuscript and hung [...]

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The Business of Words

Yes, I’m a writer. Yes, words are my livelihood. But trust me when I say they aren’t the be all end of all of my existence. There are so many things that just don’t matter to me. A turn of phrase that’s just not right Like when my friend says “It’s water under the dam.” [...]

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A New BFF?

I belong to a lot of email loops. Some professional, some for marketing purposes. There are a lot of discussions going on about different aspects of publishing and the book market. Well, the other day someone was talking about a formatting disagreement an author was having with their editor. (It had to do with POV and I’ll save [...]

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Don't Hate the Edits

After I’ve spent months writing a story and even more time pouring over it and editing so each sentence, each paragraph paints a vivid emotional picture for the reader, I send my story off to a beta reader. I usually have one person reading for typos and misspellings (shhhh … don’t tell anyone, but this writer [...]

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A Real Wall-Banger

Okay, so my idea of what’s acceptable as far as editing errors in a published book has changed since I started writing. It’s not like I haven’t seen errors in NYT Bestselling books in all genres and mostly I thought … sheesh, they couldn’t catch that? Because the fact is, something missed in editing whether [...]

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Say it's "Just Riiiiigt"

Okay, I’m going to admit it in public. I love editing. Don’t hate me and please don’t throw things at me. I do. It’s one of my favorite parts of the writing process. I’m pushing through a first draft at the moment. And when I say pushing, that’s what I mean. I force myself to [...]

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Is it really necessary?

I am at a point now where I write my stories with a particular publisher in mind. I check submission guidelines, formats, and word count. And there’s a disturbing trend for writers … word counts are shrinking. Harlequin and Silhouette, the two big guys in category romance (that is romance stories coming out monthly), have lowered the [...]

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Editing … Bandaids or Stitches?

So, I’m at it again. Editing my book, Blue Moon Rising. I don’t know if I’m odd for a writer, but I will admit … I love the editing phase of writing a book. Blue Moon Rising is the fifth story I have had to plow through and fix. I’ve heard rumors that some authors don’t care for [...]

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