Here’s a summary:
- I wasn’t finding representation for my first novel, possibly due to difficulty in identifying genre.
- So I switched focus to a murder mystery, figuring I could use that, with it’s nice clean genre, to break
Month: January 2018
DoaCK Developmental Editing, Part 3
This is a three-part post regarding the developmental editing I got for my first novel through Steve, the Novel Doctor. Part 1. Part 2.
This is Steve’s reply to my reply. I included excerpts from mine to …
DoaCK Developmental Editing, Part 2
This is a three-part post regarding the developmental editing I got for my first novel through Steve, the Novel Doctor. Part 1. Part 3.
This is my reply to Steve. I included excerpts from Steve’s where I …
DoaCK Developmental Editing
This is a three-part post regarding the developmental editing I got for my first novel through Steve, the Novel Doctor. Part 2. Part 3.
My hope is by reading this you can get some sort of idea …
For those of you who like data…
An author friend of mine was interested in what was involved in my first novel effort. I guess, to compare with what she was putting into hers. Here’s what I sent, along with some additional information.
I started DoaCK …
Is you is, or is you ain’t?
When I was wondering how to know if I were a writer, I scoured the Internet looking for some way to evaluate my work. Eventually, I accepted that in order to be a writer, one must only write. So, having …
Yep, Queries
I wrote this a long time ago to post on someone else’s blog, but couldn’t for some reason. I sent it to a couple of people and just stumbled across it. It’s a perfect thing to put here.
Yep, queries. …
The Seeds of Winter: Artilect War, Book One – A.W. Cross
Andrea and I have become friendly, exchanging a number of emails on a variety of topics. She has a diverse background that has some parallels with mine. One of the reasons, I guess, she asked me to beta read for …
Full Dive – T M Rain
Stolen Things – Stephen Parolini
Full disclosure, I used Steve as my development editor for my Contract Killer novel.
I was actually depressed for a while after I read it, thinking if he couldn’t get someone to take on that beautiful gem (he self published), …