Enchanted Editing

I am pleased to report that the first read through edit of Enchanted has gone quite well, and I should be officially done with it tonight. I’ll let it rest for a few days before I do another read through, and in the meantime I hope Myrrhlynn and I get a chance to discuss the cover art.

I’m looking at releasing it either Thursday, October 10 or Thursday, October 17. For once I am quite confident that I won’t run out of time, the delay actually has more to do with the next book I’m releasing. It’s going to be a longer book (somewhere between 65,000 and 75,000 words) which means it’s going to take me twice as long to write it. I thought delaying the release of Enchanted by a week or two might soften the blow of not releasing another book until December. Regardless, as soon as I can make an informed decision I shall post my choice on here, as well as the days Enchanted will be offered for free.

In case you were wondering, The Wadsworth Handbook has been a terrific help with editing. It is unfortunately wordy and almost snobby in the way it labels and declares things, but it has great examples and a lot of helpful hints. I suspect I will have to purchase it, it is a reference book and I cannot hope to remember–long term anyway–all the rules it presents.

Have a great day, Champions, and I will see you Friday.

Enchanted: Post Production

So I “finished” writing Enchanted last Thursday after a day long marathon writing spree. Enchanted itself is a long way from being published though. It gets a week off so my brain doesn’t implode, and then I start the first round of editing. The ending will need some reworking, but I finally have all the finer parts of formatting down so I won’t be spending buckets of time on that besides getting the cover pages ready. Myrrhlynn has an idea for the cover, but she still needs to find the right reference photos and font, etc.

I’m really happy with Enchanted, and I have to say it was probably the easiest book to write so far in my career as an indie author, even though I did a lot of research to complete it. I’m a little shocked to realize I’m going to miss writing it! It has some great scenes and I really fell in love with the characters.

In other news I’m currently editing My Life at the MBRC. It’s not as bad as I thought it would be, but I have caught a few formatting mistakes which I must apologize for. I should finish editing it by the end of this week, which will be perfect because I’ll swap over to editing Enchanted next. After I do the first read through of Enchanted I’ll put it aside again for a few days/a week and then do a spit-shine editing read through to clean up any rough edges. After that it will be ready for publishing!

That’s it for today, Champions. I’ll have an interesting post to give you on Wednesday, but for now please celebrate with me over the end of Enchanted!

Enchanted Update

It has been a little over a week since I last gave a status report on Enchanted–book two of King Arthur and Her Knights–so I wanted to talk about it today. I’ve written about two thirds of Enchanted, and I’m hoping to finish it in the next two weeks.

I have decided that it’s going to have an October release date, and it’s very likely it will be released the second or third weekend. I’m probably only going to offer it for free for two or three days instead of the usual five, but when I get a timeline pinned down I’ll be sure to post it here and frequently remind you all.

So why am I waiting to release it until mid October if I plan to finish it in the next 14 days? For a few reasons. First of all I want to spend a greater amount of time editing Enchanted before posting it on Amazon. It’s pretty standard for writers to let their books sit for a couple of months or weeks, before taking a stab at editing because it really helps clear the brain, so I’m going to give myself a week off before I launch into editing. It is also because I want to get a head start on my next book.

I’m going to take a break from the King Arthur and her Knights series to write a stand alone novel. It is a YA fantasy story, and it will be about Princess Ahira’s length so the planned price tag is $2.99. I’m still hammering out details over this mysterious book, but I wanted to warn you Britt Fans so you know you probably won’t be seeing another King Arthur and her Knights book until December or January 2014.

That’s it for today. Thanks for reading, Champions. Have a great weekend!