#Revision

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Sep 3, 20122 min

Labor Day weekend: a new story

Buk Tu edits have been going well, though slowed by Labor Day weekend. We’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback from our editor,...

Aug 5, 20122 min

Draft: Complete

A few minutes ago, I completed the final draft of Buk Tu (ie “Book Two” or the sequel to The Tale of Telsharu). Sam and I will submit the...

Jul 26, 20121 min

This is why I write

Yesterday evening I received a text message from a dear friend of mine. She and her husband have been apart for some time, and it’s going...

Jul 21, 20122 min

The challenge of revisions

My roommate came in the other day and looked around. Currently I have a craft table set up. My laptop sits in the middle, surrounded by...

May 25, 20125 min

Writing & Revising: A Step by Step Process

There are a number of stages that we go through as writers to prepare a manuscript for publication. This differs slightly from writer to...

Apr 11, 20121 min

“Having written”

“I do not like to write – I like to have written.” ― Gloria Steinem I saw this quote earlier today. Reading it, I laughed, and almost...

Apr 11, 20122 min

All night revisions

Today is the day. We are presenting the manuscript of Buk Tu to our editor for his first review. This is both a major event, and a minor...

Apr 7, 20123 min

Epigraphs, poetry, and rhyming in fictional languages

I have a great love of epigraphs. With my own work, I am particularly fond of fictional quotations or works from in-world sources. For...

Apr 4, 20122 min

I #amrevising and I may be #goingcrazy

Revisions have been a roller coaster ride this week. Six days ago, Sam and I discussed a new scene that we felt needed to be added to...