Blocks in Editing a Series

The Planes Series is my current work-in-progress. The important information about this series is that I began writing the first draft of the first book in January 2012. I finished it in October 2012. It’s now September 2013, and although …

Show Don’t Tell

For me, line editing is the longest part of the editing process. Like many writers, I have an inner editor who wants every word, phrase and sentence to be perfect. Who doesn’t want their work to be the best it …

Interview with S. M. Boyce – Part IV

“It’s very hard especially at first to separate you from your art, because your art doesn’t necessarily define you.” ~ S. M. Boyce  C. R. Trumbo and I interviewed the lovely S. M Boyce in April, and and today is the final instalment! Our …

Brief Update ~ End-of-August

I haven’t done a proper update since May and I’ve been making some steady progress, so here’s another list-of-things-i’ve-done. In my previous posts, I’ve mentioned that I had this week as a deadline for sending my novel off to an …