Book 1 is still sitting on a flash drive, waiting for a decision about editing vs. readers. I’m still torn, which is a pretty way to say that the perfectionist in me is afraid for anyone else to see the mistakes that I’ve inevitably made. I’m leaning toward editor, because I think it more likely to need significant rewrites from an editor’s opinion than a beta reader.
In the meantime, I’m diving into Book 2. The first draft was done awhile ago, and now it’s time to put some meat on the bare bones and turn he story into a book. I’m sitting at just under 100K words at this point. I expect that to balloon quite a bit during the second draft, and then the trimming and tuning can begin. Hopefully this editing process will be quicker, now that I know what to do (and not to do) from the first book.
On a lark, I went ahead and converted Book 1 to and ePub, just so I could see what it looked like on my Nook. I admit, I giggled a little when I saw my name pop up on the title page. I need cover art though. The Calibre default image kind leaves a lot to be desired.
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