March's Writing Progress
Stone & Silence went to my beta readers at the start of the month. Most of them have come back with comments now. They all found some problems, but fortunately nothing that will require a lot of rewriting to fix, so we're still on track for a release in April.
I finished culling the words I tend to overuse. Then I read the whole book aloud to myself, which is good for catching typos, grammatical errors and awkward phrasing. (If I can't read a sentence aloud without tripping over it, it's a safe bet that the reader will find it difficult too.) I found and fixed some more continuity errors and plot holes, so even though I've cut quite a bit since last month, the book is actually slightly longer than it was then. It now stands at 125,000 words.
While I was waiting for the beta readers to get back to me, I started writing my next book, a sequel to The Accidental Dragonrider. I'm just shy of 10,000 words into the first draft. It doesn't have a title yet, and currently goes by the very imaginative working title of Dragonrider 2.
Stay tuned for a sneak preview of Stone & Silence!
I finished culling the words I tend to overuse. Then I read the whole book aloud to myself, which is good for catching typos, grammatical errors and awkward phrasing. (If I can't read a sentence aloud without tripping over it, it's a safe bet that the reader will find it difficult too.) I found and fixed some more continuity errors and plot holes, so even though I've cut quite a bit since last month, the book is actually slightly longer than it was then. It now stands at 125,000 words.
While I was waiting for the beta readers to get back to me, I started writing my next book, a sequel to The Accidental Dragonrider. I'm just shy of 10,000 words into the first draft. It doesn't have a title yet, and currently goes by the very imaginative working title of Dragonrider 2.
Stay tuned for a sneak preview of Stone & Silence!
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