Words are magic.
Recently, I announced the release of two books on the same day. One is a novel, written under my pen name. The other, a children’s book, written under my actual name. I anticipated some challenges, but several things caught me […]
It’s been an insanely busy couple of months for me and, sadly, I’ve been neglecting my blog. At least I have a good excuse for my absence: I released not one, but TWO books this week. Whew! It’s been a […]
TLDR: In sum, editing first (and second) drafts of a manuscript is all about making tough choices and sometimes you have to scrap hundreds of pages (like I did) and start over. In the words of Steven King, “Sometimes you […]