editing
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Writing Updates and Release Date for Tangled Roots
I’ve had my head down for the last week or so, hyper-focused on catching any last errors and any final improvements to Tangled Roots. Just this morning, while in the bathroom, I thought of one last change. It was literally… Continue reading
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Targeted Line Editing
There are many different kinds of editing. I’ve only recently started using the actual terms for each kind, but they’ve been intuitive, ever since my husband started self-publishing in 2013. I’m sure these are familiar to many, but for the… Continue reading
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Looking Back at Writing Tangled Roots
My engineering brain kicked in last night and got to thinking about the evolution of Tangled Roots, the book I’m driving towards releasing in September. I looked back at my saved files and thought to make a little chart: Let’s… Continue reading
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Feeling Good: First Description of Tangled Roots, and Other Updates
I recently wrote about the hard parts of self-publishing and mentioned I was tackling the “blurb” for Tangled Roots this past week. I think it’s about 80-90% of the way there, but I’m done looking at it for now. I… Continue reading
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First Lines of Tangled Roots (and Subsequent Distractions)
I’m hard at work, crafting the next draft of Tangled Roots to be the best it can be. I’m in love with the first paragraphs (but reserve the right for further edits): “Every storm has a story to tell, if… Continue reading
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Editing This Week
In my last writing update, I talked about beta reader feedback on the very first draft of “Tangled Roots” (working title still, but I like it). There were two main areas of the story to fix. First, I needed to… Continue reading
