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Beta-Reader Update #2
My trusted beta-reader has some new updates for me regarding her read-through of Not Famous. She is now a third of the way through. The overall response was very positive, but the primary issue was the following: You never gave any physical descriptions of anyone. I don’t know what the characters look like! I was…
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Early Beta-Reader Comments
I’ve mentioned before that the first draft of my novel is currently being beta-read by my first beta-reader. It’s nerve-racking, having someone reading it for the first time in seven years, but, this is an important part of the process, and I’ve asked my beta-reader to be completely honest in assessing the story to help…
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First Drafts, Beta Readers, and Novel Number Two
Well, it’s been over a week since I finished the first draft of my first novel. Let’s give you an update on what has happened since then. First, I celebrated. I didn’t go overboard: I just had a double of my favorite scotch and relished in the fact that after seven years I’d finally completed…
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Seven Years Later… My First Draft is Finished.
Earlier this year I resolved to finish my oft-neglected novel, Not Famous. Today, after seven long years,I finally finished the first draft. In mid-March I estimated that I’d finish by the end of April… and I was right on target, finishing the first draft on the very last day of the month. For those who are wondering,…
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Writing. Productively… For a Change
Yes. Believe it or not… after five… no wait, six years of working on and off (mostly off) on this novel, I’ve finally been making solid progress, dedicating a couple hours most days to reading through it, start to finish, and revising and filling in parts left for another day. Yes, I am going through…
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Productive Writing
Hey, it’s actually been a productive few weeks of writing! For the past few years I’ve been struggling to find both inspiration and time to finish a novel I actually started five years ago. The first two years probably produced the bulk of the book, but, life got in the way (as it tends to do)…
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Work-In-Progress Update
The novel I started back in July 2011… it is still unfinished. It’s contemporary fiction, probably best fitting in the lad lit genre, and is clocking in at over 90,000 words, but it still has quite a ways to go. Lot’s of holes to fill in. God only knows how much editing it will need. Four…
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Work-In-Progress Update
The novel I started back in July 2011… it is still unfinished. It’s contemporary fiction, probably best fitting in the lad lit genre, and is clocking in at over 90,000 words, but it still has quite a ways to go. Lot’s of holes to fill in. God only knows how much editing it will need. Four…
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Novel Update #3
It’s embarrassing how little I’ve managed to work on my novel since my previous update two months ago. That said, the urge to get it done is coming back, and I am definitely feeling like I can get back into it like I’ve been previously hoping to. Of course, the undeniable truth is that my…
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Novel Update #2
This update is long overdue. But, the truth of the matter is that I have not been able to put as much time into finishing this novel as I would have hoped. I have done some minor edits, thought of some new scene, and considered retooling some. A lot has been going on in my…
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