Call for Beta Readers

With the rough draft of Troll Curse finished, I'm into the editing stage, and I decided to try something different this time. I'm looking for a team of beta readers to give me some actual reader feedback, instead of just an editor. What is a beta reader? The job of a...

Why Does Editing Take So Long?

As some of you may have read, I finished the rough draft of Reckless Recon for Camp NaNoWriMo, just before the end of April. So here it is in the middle of June, and it's not out yet. What gives? In some ways, editing is almost as difficult as writing the rough draft....

A Macro Editing Tip

Editing is one of those tasks that most writers hate. It's longer, and more tedious than writing is, and lacks the thrill of discovery that comes with a first draft. And yet, it’s vitally important to putting out a good novel. I've written before about some of my...

4 Suggestions for Dealing with Plot Holes

We all know that feeling. You're part way through your draft, or even maybe into your edit, when you realise something horrible, awful, terrible. You have no explanation for why the evil baddy is determined to exterminate your character from the face of the earth or...

Setting Priorities

For the last week or two, I've been struggling to get much done. Some of this is due to other things that are happening, but a lot is also due to having quite a list of things that need to be done, and no clear priorities. Sometimes, I have the idea that I can do more...