Hope asked Rysa Walker:

How many times did you edit Timebound before you decided it was ready to publish?

Rysa Walker That's a tough question, Hope, because I don't write linearly. I write a section, rewrite it, and then move on to the next. Sometimes, I'll rewrite both of those chapters before moving on to the next one. Usually, about halfway through, I revise the first part and then move on again. Since I was working and had two toddlers when I began Timebound, it was written over the course of about five years. I have no clue how many times the first chapters were rewritten and edited before I decided to self-publish as Time's Twisted Arrow. Then, after winning the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and being republished as Timebound, it received a developmental edit, a copyedit, and a proofread. The publisher has done the same for all of my CHRONOS and Delphi books.

I still follow a similar method of writing in layers with the mysteries I currently self-publish as C. Rysa Walker, but not to the same extent since they're less complex. They get two rounds of self-edit, feedback from beta readers, and (usually) two proofreaders. I also let the computer read the manuscript to me...that catches a *lot* of errors.

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