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News: So Many Edits

5/23/2017

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5/23/17
  • I expected this to happen, given how quickly the various deadlines are approaching, but I've been buried in edits.  Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but I didn't expect the rewrite edits for my Dragon's Hoard series to be quite so involved.  I've received the edits for the first three books in the series and have begun working on them.  I knew there had to be some grammar and spelling issues given that it was my first full series, but I assumed the overall content would be fine.  I was wrong, particularly with Stealing the Dragon, which has one of my minor, but still important characters needing a bit of an overhaul.  I started with that story, since it needs the most work, but it's definitely going to be a bit of a struggle to get all of it done in time.  (I should probably get to work instead of writing this...)

  • What I'm really amazed with is how much my writing has changed over the years.  Back in 2010 and 2011 when I wrote my Dragon's Hoard series, I was definitely a novice and these stories do show a little of that.  I definitely wouldn't have been capable of writing something so involved as Justified way back then.  And yet, at the same time I can see glimmers of the growth I've since had in some of the twists and turns my characters go through.  In many ways, going back through these older stories is a reminder of where I started, but it's also a lesson in understanding where I've since gone and I think my writing ability will be improved because of it.  I can't wait to see what will happen as I keep on writing! 

  • Speaking of editing, I finished writing my Rapunzel story and now I need to give it a quick edit before I set it aside.  I want to fix the glaring mistakes now when I know what I meant to write.  I also think I might need to bump up the romance a smidge as so much of the story is focused on the tower itself rather than the characters.  Of course, this story will have to wait until all my other edits with actual time limits are completed. 

  • Those edits also include the second round of edits for Dragon Home, which I am now remembering I never returned to LT3.  I am clearly failing at being a good author at the moment, so I'll stop writing this and will get back to doing the work I would very much like to get completed before the looming due dates. 
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