Working smarter, not harder

Or so goes my current editing theory anyway *grin* I'm at 60% of the full re-write, which isn't as far through as I wanted to be by now (I wanted to be done!) but I am really pleased with the results so far. There have been major additions and some major subtractions and WOW is this book busy! Lots happening on Sytas *grin* I'm working my ass off and really, really hope to have it off to critiquer number 2 - aka Kerrin, before the end of the week. Then while she is looking over that, I'm going to motor through the few grammar books I have and finish the edit on The Arrival and get it into the right layout for Createspace *eee* So I'll have a week, maybe two to do that ;p But as the title of this post says, I'm all about working smarter not harder this time. With The Arrival there were too many half-assed re-writes before the final doozey and that's why I started with Vicki's critique first. And as with The Arrival I do believe at least 95% of her advice has been taken - because it is GOOD advice, proving the most valuable thing in the world to an indie author is a good critiquer. After Kerrin is done with book two, I'll go through all her notes and then I intend on printing it out and going through it line by line, backwards. To spot errors....Ecccckkkk just discussing all this is making me exhausted *lol* Anyhoo, thought I'd give you all an update.


Take care all!Nic The Arrival, on Amazon or UK Amazon
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Published on September 25, 2011 00:31
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