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- Gamma Version Done
I found a great editor, Kristin Campbell, who scoured my text while giving super helpful feedback. My understanding of English has grown, along with my respect for editors. She was thorough, and found thousands of things needing tweaking or fixing.
Here’s my final word count, and I’m pleased to announce I’ve exceeded Brandon Sanderson’s first Mistborn book by a whopping 327 words, at least according to https://gzidar.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/mistborn-by-the-numbers/
I started writing this book loosely August 2023 and in earnest October 2023. To have it in a version that’s close to shippable is satisfying. I’ve given the book to a few people to gamma read. If you are interested in gamma reading, please email [email protected].
Since age 7, I’ve been programming computers. After writing this first book, I declare conjuring fiction more intense than software engineering. I wouldn’t have guessed this but beyond the imagination and creative strain, getting one’s thoughts down in English with any kind of coherence is draining, to put it mildly. Perhaps this will get easier as I write more, though as I’m getting on in my mid to late forties, I think aging will even things out.
I continue to work on book two, Bane War Warlord, and will share more details and scene sneak peeks in a future post.
Go live your dreams!
- Bane War Fury Cover Animation
Anastiasiia crafted a beautiful cover animation for my first book. Watch Saffa unleash the pain on this bad guy. That’ll teach him!
My editor is working on the book right now, and I’m hoping to have it ready for release in the fall sometime. Book two is in progress and I hope to have a draft ready by September.
- Scrivener Hacks
I’ve put together a bunch of VBA macros for Microsoft Word that work around numerous longstanding bugs in Scrivener, or other common scenarios, like removing two or more spaces between sentences, trimming paragraphs, that sort of thing.
I hope it saves you as much time as it has saved me.
- Beta Version Done!
Three beta readers braved my book and came out unscathed. My new word count is a hefty 206k. I’m now working with an editor who also specializes in developmental/content optimization, and hope to have this process complete by end of July.
- We have a map of Yava!
Kate Vishnyakova has crafted a beautiful masterpiece, lifting my writing with her creative skill.
