Hurry up and wait. And ways to blow off steam.
Those who know me would say that I am not the most patient person. Whether it’s driving to the mall or waiting in line at the market, I’m the guy tapping his foot and looking at his watch, figuring a way to make things go faster.
The same applies to my story. For the plot and characters I was unusually patient—and one should be when taking on a 420K word novel. Some of my best moments of inspiration and epiphanies came when I was flying along at 39,000 feet or sweating it to tunes at the gym.
At the moment, I'm waiting for my trusty editor, Mr. Fox, to send me back my second draft to look over and verify. It’s not like the Tom Clancy’s of publishing where I would get to have a team of editors who move entire sections around or force you to do a rewrite because your gibberish doesn’t make any sense. No, my guy pinpoints each spot that needs a rewrite and makes grammatical corrections where it’s needed. The worst part is not know when it’ll be done so I can schedule a launch date. If you frequent this site, you’ll recall that I had a date set of this Summer. Then at the end of Summer. Then... You get the idea. Everything takes 3-6 times longer than you initially plan for. I had no idea it would take over six months just to edit the damn thing. But, that means you’ll get a book that is so buttery smooth that you’ll tell all you friends about it.
What’s next? Marketing, more marketing, you know the drill. Actually, I don’t want to label it as such. How about: Getting the word out? I want people to have fun with the process and to be interactive. Stay tuned, because I guarantee what’s going to happen will be entertaining and one lucky person will be very happy.
I figured I’d go to the park and blow off some steam. This is how I do it.
Of course, I had to get my wife in on the action.
The same applies to my story. For the plot and characters I was unusually patient—and one should be when taking on a 420K word novel. Some of my best moments of inspiration and epiphanies came when I was flying along at 39,000 feet or sweating it to tunes at the gym.
At the moment, I'm waiting for my trusty editor, Mr. Fox, to send me back my second draft to look over and verify. It’s not like the Tom Clancy’s of publishing where I would get to have a team of editors who move entire sections around or force you to do a rewrite because your gibberish doesn’t make any sense. No, my guy pinpoints each spot that needs a rewrite and makes grammatical corrections where it’s needed. The worst part is not know when it’ll be done so I can schedule a launch date. If you frequent this site, you’ll recall that I had a date set of this Summer. Then at the end of Summer. Then... You get the idea. Everything takes 3-6 times longer than you initially plan for. I had no idea it would take over six months just to edit the damn thing. But, that means you’ll get a book that is so buttery smooth that you’ll tell all you friends about it.
What’s next? Marketing, more marketing, you know the drill. Actually, I don’t want to label it as such. How about: Getting the word out? I want people to have fun with the process and to be interactive. Stay tuned, because I guarantee what’s going to happen will be entertaining and one lucky person will be very happy.
I figured I’d go to the park and blow off some steam. This is how I do it.
Of course, I had to get my wife in on the action.
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