by JTL | Sep 30, 2012 | Author's Comments, Writing Updates
That, in many ways, is the most important part of this “second” edit. Because it’s being read aloud to me, I can actually make very fast progress through the story. Besides catching places where I have unintentionally dropped words (for example,...
by JTL | Sep 17, 2012 | Author's Comments, Writing Updates
After a week, I’m actually finished listening and editing chapter 5 (and everything before it, of course). I try not to do more than one chapter per day, because that’s a lot to pay attention to and a lot of time to eat up. Little bites are better,...
by JTL | Sep 9, 2012 | Author's Comments, Observations and Advice
When someone reads one of my books and likes them, I ask if they would be willing to share a positive quote about the book, something I can put on the splash page of the website. We are such a review-driven society now (think about major shopping sites...
by JTL | Sep 9, 2012 | Author's Comments, Writing Updates
Originally, The Rescue didn’t have chapter names – that was a request from my dear wife. So, I was faced with the task I had intentionally avoided – trying to distill twenty or more pages down to some specific few words. This presents more than a...
by JTL | Sep 3, 2012 | Author's Comments, Writing Updates
It took from roughly from March 1st to September 1st to get The Fallen done from beginning to end. Using the word “done” is also a little strong given how much work is ahead of me getting this work ready to share. In addition to the editing passes, I...
