My Editing Solution

Alas, for those of you who read my previous post, you know that I was debating how to go about the editing process for my book. I’d already edited it three times on my own. Did I need a copy editor? If so, how would I afford one?

I have a solution!

My friend, cover artist and general publishing consultant Sarah Anderson has directed me to a site which can solve all my problems without paying any money. It’s called Creative Services Trading. It’s an online community of writers who exchange editing services for fictitious monopoly currency. The more you edit, the more credits you get. The more credits you get, the more you can have other people edit your work.

Creative Services Trading seems to be an excellent solution. I can access high quality, well recommended editors, yet don’t have to put down thousands of dollars for it. Thanks to this site, I’ve gotten in contact with not one, but two editors. Both of them are currently tackling my story right now.

In addition to the two editors going through right now, I’ve also started moving ahead with cover designs. Though I’m really acting as an adviser in this capacity, I’ve been discussing ideas (still in the early stage) with the artist.

Last bit of news: I started moving ahead on writing the next installment to the series, which is no longer going to tentatively be named The New World. My working title is now Kholvaria. Anyway, I’m up to Chapter Two in Kholvaria, so that’s exciting. The new book is going to be much faster paced than the first one. The writing style is a bit different too, so it’s fun for me to tackle.

Lots of things going on right now. I expect this project will be complete VERY soon.