Editing 101: Part 3 – Graphs and Charts

I had a bit of fun with this portion of my editing. I can’t guarantee it’s usefullness, but it was interesting as an overall picture. I like to write all in one document  using Microsoft Word. Yep, I know there are lots of ‘novel writing’...

Six Sentence Sunday: Hint of a Tragedy

Tyris is out in deep space, looking for a planet that isn’t on any star maps. Could this be it? ***** Tyris’s attention was drawn straight to the large monitor taking up most of the space on the right wall. A single planet filled the screen. Brown mists swirled...

Editing 101: Part 2 – Character Development

Welcome back to Part 2 of my Editing 101 series. Last week I focused on The Big Picture, and created a one sentence summary of my novel. This week, I’m going to look at character development. We all know that the best novels are ones in which the main character...

Six Sentence Sunday: Tyris’s Story

I’ve shared a couple of excerpts of Marlee’s story in my last few Six Sentence Sunday offering’s, so I think today it’s time to learn a bit more about Tyris. I open Tyris’s first scene with a dream sequence, to give just a taste of his...

Editing 101: Part 1 – The Big Picture

I finished the second draft of Reckless Rescue last Saturday, it’s now down to the hard slog of editing. The edit I just finished was largely a content edit. I added in a lot of new scenes and changed the plot in many others. I feel like I now have the basics of...