Alexander S. Findlay's Blog, page 3
July 28, 2019
The Beta Readers – Part 1
In my humble opinion, beta reading is a highly important phase of the editing process and one which cannot be overlooked.
There are numerous benefits by having others read your work for you – provided that they are honest and critical. I have asked my diverse crew to be as brutal as they need to be, but I am also interested in hearing which scenes or characters spoke to them the most – and WHY!? I have five people – four of whom I am not related to and they are getting ready to “hand it to m...
July 27, 2019
The Blurb
The blurb is my chance to introduce my story to the world in writing. It is so so so important and I must confess that it was probably the last thing on my mind regarding my novella, “The Redemption of Anair”
This is not meant to be an afterthought, as it is an essential piece of marketing, but perhaps for me, it was. I felt that I needed a story to blurb about before proceeding on with all of the marketing elements. Alas, somewhere between finishing draft 2 and looking for a cover artist, I realis...
