Started writing: November 1, 2016 Manuscript sent: June 27, 2017 Total days: 239 I.E.: 7.9 months Percentage of days spent writing: 94% Estimated days spent writing: 224 Average hours/day: 2.4 Average hours of sleep/day: hahahaha Number of drafts: 4 Word count of draft one (aka draft zero): 56,649 Word count of draft two (aka draft… Continue reading Ending Stats for Book One
Month: June 2017
When is it “finished?”
As of Friday, Book One is done. And yet it's not really "finished," per se. It's sitting quietly on my harddrive, resting and dreaming, before I slog through it for one last read-through, then it'll be off to my editor who may (or may not) tear it apart and declare it an abomination. Either way,… Continue reading When is it “finished?”
#amediting – Make it Bleed
The best decision I've made so far with this round of edits - aside from, you know, doing them - was to turn on Track Changes. Now whenever I feel like I'm treading water and getting nowhere, all I have to do is flip to "show all markup" and see just how much I've done.… Continue reading #amediting – Make it Bleed
Stop! – It’s Beta Time!
Betas, man. What would we do without them? They're magical creatures, willing to take the time out of their days, weeks, (months?), to glance over an unpolished manuscript and not only give feedback, but give supporting details and thoughts and comments and maybe - hopefully - a few ideas on what they think might help.… Continue reading Stop! – It’s Beta Time!
K. A. Doore 