It’s been a hot minute since I’ve written anything here, but I have a good excuse. I’ve been pushing hard to get the last (please please please let it be the last) cover-to-cover editing pass finished – and it’s done! I sent it off for further review, and now… again… I wait. The ending of the book was significantly restructured,
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Let’s see, where are we? I’ve gone through all of the feedback that I’ve received for book 2, and the technical corrections are done — punctuation, spelling, missing words, and the occasional tweaking of a phrase. I also wrote a new (very short) chapter to add a tiny bit of semi-closure to one particular scene. I have two things left
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I didn’t sleep very well on Wednesday night. I kept waking up at 47 minutes past the hour. I have a cold that’s almost gone now, but on Wednesday night, it kept waking me up with the hacking and the sneezing and the phlegm. There’s no reason why this should lead to waking up at 47 minutes past the hour
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If all of the “How to write a book” advice is legit, then I’m quite the shit writer. Don’t get me wrong: I am more than willing to believe that I’m a shit writer. But wow, am I ever failing to check off some boxes. If you spend any time at all on the internet and show an interest in
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In a world full of things I never seem to get around to doing (or finishing), it’s nice to be able to point to things that actually represent progress. A progress report on book 2 would look something like this: First draft: finished. Second draft: 85% finished (though I’m adding a couple of new bits, so that percentage should probably
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Heather Masterson 