Finally, the manuscript is finished. All those writes and cut-outs, re-writes, re-ordering of the story, corrections following BETA comments, re-writes following technical advice, re-writes due to my confidence collapses are completed. I just have one technical detail to check with my police informan…. sources.
08-06-22: It’s finished! Read More »
So close to finishing now. It’s a great feeling but at the same time I start to think… is it good enough? Did I waste my time? Perhaps I should add more? I have stopped writing, now. That’s it.
07-06-22: So close… Read More »
ust finished re-writing the first two chapters following comments from my beta readers. Let’s see if it makes more sense… Lol it ALWAYS made sense to me but there again…I am living and breathing it. That’s why we have the beta readers, right!?
06-06-22: Just tidying it all up. Read More »
I started to think about the logic of those comp titles. So, the publisher wants to know what existing books your book is ‘like’. Ok…what if there is not one? What if your book is unique? What if your type of book in the genre has not been represented for some time but now is
30-05-22: Comp titles – the dilemma. Read More »
Got to start thinking about the dreaded ‘comp’ titles soon. I bet just about every author puts this off. Unless you are massively well read, and all in your chosen genre, and even of books in the same style or plot, you are going to struggle with this.
28-05-22: Comp title struggles. Read More »
The last murder is now completed and it’s a big one. Sorry – of course, I cannot say too much without spoiling the book, but this murder affects the detective ream a lot more than the other incidents before it. Confession-time… Although the manuscript is not (quite) finished, I queried 2 agents. I knew from
26-05-22: The last murder. Read More »