In Limbo, and not.

"Swift Justice," the second book in the "Indelible" series has a partial and synopsis under consideration. While waiting to find out the fate of this book that took so much out of me to write, I decided to do myself a favor of sorts and pull out a manuscript that my then-agent tried to market as a hardback psychological suspense. I had always seen myself as a paperback writer, and the editors' feedback seconded that feeling. My agent and I parted company when she was unable to sell it, and I shelved that big book for a long time. As I go through it now, updating, editing and cutting, I can see how much my writing style has changed. I've cut the first 131 pages down to 97, including throwing out one entire chapter. I believe "Night Shadows" will be not only shorter and tighter, but a smoother read by the time I get through with it. None of the suspense will be cut out of it, and all the quirky characters will remain. I always did like a challenge.
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Published on September 12, 2016 20:18 Tags: maine, mystery, psychological-suspense, series, stand-alone
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message 1: by Bonnie (new)

Bonnie Schroeder Isn't it interesting to revisit something you wrote a while ago and see how much better your writing has gotten?


message 2: by Heather (new)

Heather Ames Somehow, I missed your comment, Bonnie. Yes, it certainly does make me aware of how much better my writing is now, but it also showed me that I did have what it took to get that New York agent on-board to shop it around. It was just the wrong time, and this book wasn't a potential hard-back, despite its size.


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