by JTL | May 23, 2017 | Observations and Advice, Writing Updates
PUBLISHING DIARY: The last mile … and a half of the publishing marathon. As a random thing this morning, I looked up how long a marathon actually was, and wow – okay, for those of you who run those things, you have my undying respect and NONE of my envy!...
by JTL | May 18, 2017 | Author's Comments, Observations and Advice
PUBLISHING DIARY: The most challenging 250 words of a novel are… Care to guess? Are these the first few sentences of a new story? No. The ending? Not even close. Believe it or not, it’s the summary that goes on the back of the book that is the killer!...
by JTL | May 6, 2017 | Writing Process, Writing Updates
PUBLISHING DIARY: An end, a middle, and a beginning! The surprising non-linear way of writing a linear story can be a bit surprising. For example, take this weekend. Last week, the editors finished their work on Beyond: Conversion, and I made their updates to the...
by JTL | Mar 30, 2017 | Author's Comments, Informational
PUBLISHING DIARY: Oops! I started writing a new book! Okay, probably not a common complaint for most people. I get it, but yep, it’s happened! I started, as stated in my last blog, using a new (to me) editor called Scrivener with the intention of rewriting a...
by JTL | Feb 12, 2017 | Writing Process, Writing Updates
PUBLISHING DIARY: What to do when you are waiting? WRITE! Yes! New stories! Actually one short story already posted to www.jamestoddlewis.com, updates to another, and yet another story on the way! Okay, so before I get to other details, let me explain the image....
