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August 25, 2021
I am now generating the proof copy for MORGAN BAROD.
I will, alas, probably miss the September 1st deadline at this point. But not by more than a few days. I’ll also definitely have to go through the book to look for proofing errors, and won’t that be fun? – but if all goes well, I’ll have it ready to sell at that book fair thing I’m doing in October, which is the important thing.
Yay! And keep watching the skies!
August 24, 2021
Morrrrre revisions uggh.
This time for the chapbook: it was suggested that I add little intros to explain each story, and that was a very good suggestion, so I did. And that kind of catches me up, at this point. Tomorrow I can go through MORGAN BAROD again, send selected sections to my editor, and then we’ll do another final passthrough and… publish… the… book?
That seems weird to just type out, like that. I mean, sure, it’s about time, but still. There’s a certain milestone involved in getting more than one novel out, I think. At least, that’s how it feels.
Got the pare-down done on the RPG files.
Needed to get it down to 37,500 (150 pages), and it’s done! Huzzah. Now I just need to see whether I can get the editor I want for it, before I send it off to the person who’ll put that and the art work together. With any luck, I can get the whole thing finished before the end of the year…
Patreon!Hey, did beta reader volunteers get emails from me yesterday?
I suspect that they might not have gotten emails, based on the way I set up said emails. Which should have worked fine; but then, I’m over 50. At some point, I’m gonna be looking at the technology and scratching my head over why it doesn’t work right anymore.
August 23, 2021
Book infrastructure week here at MoeLane.com!
I have to do more read-throughs on the novel, the chapbook, and the RPG supplement, which is largely what I was doing today. I’m sorry to say this is not a week where I can really be creative; it’s a week where I’m trying to pare down wordcount and typo-hunt. I’m starting to see deadlines from here.
The “MY CHILDREN APPROVE” SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Teaser trailer.
Not only do my children approve; they are ready to see SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME in theaters. You have no idea how hard it is to convince them to do that. We are also binging Spider-Man flicks this week, on general principles.
What just happened? Watch the official teaser trailer for #SpiderManNoWayHome, exclusively in movie theaters December 17. pic.twitter.com/gitbLCniOd
— Spider-Man: No Way Home (@SpiderManMovie) August 24, 2021
Spent the morning doing DECISIONS revisions.
Some very useful feedback from both of the two beta reads that I’ve gotten back, so far. DECISIONS is going to be an eclectic chapbook, mind you: there’s a fantasy Western, a flat-out Cthulhu Mythos story, a clockpunk adventure, and… damned if I know what the last one is, but it was fun to write. They all were, and I flatter myself that they’re some of my best work. I look forward to publishing them, once I get the artwork and the rest of the feedback in.
In the meantime: buy my books!
August 22, 2021
Heh-hee-hee-heh it’s done :one eye, suddenly bulging: thE FIRsT EDItiNg of MORGAN BAROD iS DonE.
I sat down and I did all the chapter revisions, me. All of them. And the global killing of all the ‘thats’ and the ‘somebodys’ and the commas outside the quotes — or is it the insides? No matter! They’re dead, dead, DEAD! They’ve all been most piteously slain! The darlings fell like rain!
Now I am going to not look at the book until tomorrow, do another read-through to see what I missed, let the editor see the most revised portions, and… then we can get this SOB published. Because I am totally at the point where I hate MORGAN BAROD. It’s the most magical stage, in a book’s life. I’m ready to drive it out with fire and whip into the open world, where it might then earn money for me.
Speaking of: buy my books!
