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 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 | 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....
by JTL | Feb 11, 2017 | Writing Process, Writing Updates
PUBLISHING DIARY: Conversations with an editor! As I was spending time today going through the various issues found by my editor in the first seven chapters of Beyond 2: Conversion, when I thought that others might wonder what this process is like or what a good...
by JTL | Jan 31, 2017 | Writing Process, Writing Updates
PUBLISHING DIARY: What to do after the oh-no second… Euyep! I messed up! See, I completely finished my edits on the Beyond: Conversion this weekend and then started applying them to what I THOUGHT was the master edit copy. However, not so much in reality....
by JTL | Jan 25, 2017 | Writing Process, Writing Updates
PUBLISHING DIARY: Gratitude, Gratitude, and Thank You! (Currently editing chapter 22!) Okay, this is way overdue, but I’ve wanted to say this for awhile – “Thank you!” Thank you? To whom? Well, let’s make a list, shall we? I have...
