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Everything You Need To Know BEFORE You Start To Edit

Originally posted on Sacha Black:
I finished the first draft of my novel in August last year. I was B.U.Z.Z.I.N.G I’d finally done what I said I’d do – write a book… Ok, I finished a draft. I listened to the advice you gave on what I should do next, which was… Nothing – Lock the…

The Wolfcat Chronicles Book Nine Submitted

Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
Yesterday evening I completed the revision of The Woflcat Chronicles Book 9 and submitted it to my publisher.  For those of you who were beta readers for the draft of the manuscript, I changed a few things – most of them in keeping with the new ending…

Next In The Queue

Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
Here we go again, right? It’s new Years Eve already and I thought at this time last year and the year before that I was on the threshold of having a dream year. Let’s say that previously I’ve been here and been wrong several times. Although last…

Realism in Character Development and Storytelling

Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
Way back somewhere and some-when I had a teacher named Kristin, though I didn’t call her by her first name until a few years later. We didn’t hit it off well, but after nearly four full school years of fairly close association, whether she was my English…

Where and How I Write (and Where I Have Written)

Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
Yesterday was a pretty good day for progress with my writing. In fact this whole week has been fairly productive. I completed  revisions on book four of The Wolfcat Chronicles and sent it to my publisher. Also I began revisions on another book in the same series.…

The Wolfcat Chronicles Book Five Revision Underway

Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
Last night I started revising Book Five of The Wolfcat Chronicles, titled A Change Of Heart. Since I rearranged the order of the first nine chapters in this and moved some material to the end of Book Four I’m mainly looking for continuity issues. Also I’m considering…

The Wolfcat Chronicles Book 4 Revision Completed

Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
Earlier this morning I completed the revision to Book Four of The Wolfcat Chronicles. Titled A Necessary Evil it continues the One Pack storyline begun in Book Three Shattered Truce. As part of the One Pack project I began with the original draft written between May and July in…

Tidbits for History Writers: The Value of Spices

Originally posted on Veronica Bale's Blog:
I have written before about how to work historical detail into your historical fiction. It’s one of my favourite subjects, in fact. I love those sparkling, seldom known tidbits that make a book both educational and fun. So I’ve decided to write about them in a series of…

A Short One Today

Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
As most of you know from following this blog, I’m doing revisions on The Wolfcat Chronicles. I’m about 70 pages from the end of Book 4 in the series. I’ll probably finish the revision in the next day or two. I’m on goal to reach the end…

Nuggets of Wisdom, Inspiration or Whatever

Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
Last night I had an interesting chat with a reader. Actually he became a reader over the course of the chat as he downloaded Fried Windows. He intended to purchase it but discovered, to his delight, that it was on a special one-day free promotion. It was…

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