On Saturday I met with my editor Colleen Robbins to review her notes on the BryonySeries prequel Before the Blood.
The novel is unfinished on purpose and consists of five parts, also unfinished on purpose, that will be published in 2019 in five separate installments.
She had typed up her comments on each of the five parts, which we reviewed. She had also edited the first manuscript, which she felt only needed a light copyedit.
You know the meeting will go well when the open line is, "First of all: well done," and the last one is "an excellent read."
So I spent Saturday making the changes, formatting the manuscript,and then sending it Rebekah to scroll through my formatting.
Sue Midlock had already made and sent the covers.
Topher Gleason has created three of the five frontispieces.
Once Rebekah assembles the cover pieces, she can upload the manuscript to KDP and order a proof.
The goal is to release the volumes one every two months starting in January.
None of this will shake up the world, I know. Nor will these books have tremendous readership.
But to see the most complicated writing project I've undertaken finally come together after eight years of work is, well, satisfying.
And the books will always be there, just waiting for the right readers to discover them.
I hope they do.
Cover by Sue Mydliak. For more information, visit theunbeatenheart.blogspot.com.
The novel is unfinished on purpose and consists of five parts, also unfinished on purpose, that will be published in 2019 in five separate installments.
She had typed up her comments on each of the five parts, which we reviewed. She had also edited the first manuscript, which she felt only needed a light copyedit.
You know the meeting will go well when the open line is, "First of all: well done," and the last one is "an excellent read."
So I spent Saturday making the changes, formatting the manuscript,and then sending it Rebekah to scroll through my formatting.
Sue Midlock had already made and sent the covers.
Topher Gleason has created three of the five frontispieces.
Once Rebekah assembles the cover pieces, she can upload the manuscript to KDP and order a proof.
The goal is to release the volumes one every two months starting in January.
None of this will shake up the world, I know. Nor will these books have tremendous readership.
But to see the most complicated writing project I've undertaken finally come together after eight years of work is, well, satisfying.
And the books will always be there, just waiting for the right readers to discover them.
I hope they do.
Cover by Sue Mydliak. For more information, visit theunbeatenheart.blogspot.com.
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