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Two Books Done
I’m extremely happy to report I have completed November Sunrise. The editing is done, the scrutiny of every line all the typos and formatting are finished and I will be sending it out to beta readers shortly. I will be getting a list of crime-procedural agents together and sending it out next week. The query…
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81,000 Words and some perspective…
I have just finished up my texture pass on November Sunrise. I’ve been reading a lot lately and trying to apply the lessons into this novel. I feel it has gone pretty well. I’ve chosen to read Stephen King not for the genre association clearly, but for the way that man can turn a damn…
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77,000 words and Beta feedback…
I have been working to edit November Sunrise over the past week and have found that I’ve been able to grow the draft rather than cut it. I wrote a very lean 71500 words originally that did the job reasonably well, but now I am adding the texture and detail that make it pop. For…
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First Draft November Sunrise
I started writing in earnest on this book on February 11th. As I write this it is February 23rd and I have completed my first draft coming in at 71025 words. This one came flying out of me and I realized in its writing how much I enjoy not only the Crime/Procedural genre but also…
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34,000 words in a week…
When it rains it pours I suppose. I started my next novel November Sunrise last Wednesday. I’ve sent Listen Closely out to a number of agents. Here I am thirty-four thousand words later well into my next work. I’m finding Crime/Procedural to be an extremely engaging genre to write. I’m trying to take what worked…
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