Tag Archive | The Wolfcat Chronicles
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…
Revising The Wolfcat Chronicles
Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
Revising any writing is a challenge. You recall the story as it played out in your head while composing it and, somehow, it’s never quite the same experience when you read it months of even years later. And then there is the book that grew into a…
The Wolfcat Chronicles – An Update
Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
And so it goes…the revision that is. I’ve been crunching through the manuscript adding here deleting there – mainly deleting, actually. I’m on Chapter 26 of 32. I might finish the revision today. Early this morning I made a decision that, though hardly irreversible, affects the beginning…
Another Update On The Wolfcat Chronicles
Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
(Drawing by Amanda Williams, my daughter, depicting the Wolfcat Ela’na from The Wolfcat Chronicles) Revisions of manuscripts may start out with lofty ambitions, reducing word count, removing redundancies, and identifying any substantive errors prior to sending it to a publisher. Results vary. Twenty chapters, roughly 60% of…
Update – The Wolfcat Chronicles and Writing a Series
Originally posted on The One & Only Elgon:
It’s been nine months or so since I last looked at Book One of The Wolfcat Chronicles. Since then I’ve read a lot of books from other authors and experienced the meticulous process of professional content editing for Fried Windows. I’ve learned a lot. It isn’t like…
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