Well, I missed another month of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. *sigh* I blame editing. I’ve been deep into line-editing lately, and trying to juggle critiques with my offline life because school started again, my dog hurt his back leg, my son got sick, there’s been birthday parties and fair outings and teacher visiting. Though,…
Tag: editing
Edits and Arting #IWSG
Happy July everyone! It’s time for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I’ve been busily plugging away at my edits. Another Critique Circle pal finish my beta and I’m currently working to improve my in-world palace security to address concerns. I think, once I get those edits complete, I’ll reach out to my next set of…
Five More Chapters #IWSG
Ah, March. The month of so many things, and here we are, already to the first Wednesday. Since it’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group day, I’ll wait until next week to talk about the Colonel’s Challenge results. Today, I’m going to talk about the same thing I talk about every first Wednesday: my book. I’m not…
Only Two More Chapters #IWSG
Sheesh! It’s Wednesday already. Worse than that, it’s February already! As the first Wednesday of the month, that makes today Insecure Writer’s Support Group Day. What makes me an insecure writer today? As you may or may not know, I’ve been working on Isto, the sequel to Thanmir War, for six and a half years…
Doing All The Stuffs #AmWriting
Before I get into today’s post, I want to say thank to everyone. Life has slowly been making its way back to stability. All of your condolences have been heartwarming, and I appreciate it. Now, onto writing related stuff. Have you ever wanted to do so much that you find yourself uncertain where to start…
I’m Missing Something #AmEditing
I’ve been working my way through Isto, listening to the chapters through my text-to-speech program. One thing I’ve noticed is the sheer number of missing words I’ve come across that my eyes just skim over. Take this example. Five different people besides me have read it and no one noticed: Cameron threw himself to his…
Correcting Past Mistakes #AmEditing
About a month ago, my coworker said he was rereading Thanmir War to prep for beta-reading Isto. That surprised me (it isn’t exactly a short book), and I told him to tell me if he comes across anything confusing (since that’s a common issue of mine). He promptly responded, “The first two chapters.” After I…
The Problem with Pantsing NaNo #amwriting
NaNo is the short name for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo. It takes place in November, and the goal is to write 50K in 30 days. Three NaNos ago, I won. I’m paying the price for that now. Oh, it’s not an issue with the quality of my work. No, I actually still enjoy…
Challenge Complete
The Colonel’s Challenge ended last week. It took me scrambling to get in some aerobic and high intensity work out there at the end, but I did it. There are actually four areas to the Colonel’s challenge, which includes losing 5% of your body weight, but I didn’t make it there. I lost 4 lbs…
Separated, Together, Separated Again #IWSG
Egads! It’s March already. Since it’s the first Wednesday of the month, it means today is Insecure Writer’s Support Group day. I have an event in my book (*gasp* who would have thought of that?), and it’s giving me grief. I’m presently working on my fifth version of it. Not revisions where it’s just tweaking…