Been editing LURE I (again) for the past few weeks. Five critiques surround me as I go through the manuscript page by page. Each person gives a unique perspective--unless something really sucks-then they all strike through it. My critique group is bitchen! I can tell you with unwavering certainty that my book would NOT be what it is without them.
It is painstakaing work, a real pain in the arse, but necessary. This is the invisible stuff that we writers go through that nobody sees. The hours of toiling over a chapter--a paragraph--a sentence, picking through details and making sure there are no loose ends (that are unintended), and going through the HELL of fixing a "find and replace" that screwed up the whole manucript (if you know what I'm talking about you probably did it too--I'm with ya brother).
Book II is underway , almost to the halfway point, and IV is oulined completely and started as well. III is still in my head, but I pretty much know where it's going.
A new website is in developement.
Things are rockin'
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