More Updates!
Hi everyone! I think I have finally hit a much better place in my pregnancy. My energy is coming back, and so is my motivation with writing. Whew, that was certainly a tough first few months! A lot of people told me that I would start to feel better in the second trimester, and now that I’ve hit the 13 week mark, I really am feeling so much better. I hate to think about the fact that I’ve left so many of my fans waiting for the next book. I never intended to take so long to get Book 5 out, and I’m so sorry if I’ve disappointed you guys.
On a happy note, though, for the past week I’ve been working on the book as if it were old times. 3,000-5,000 words a day of revisions and new scenes, which is super exciting. And I know the question on everyone’s mind is: When is the book coming out??
I figured after all this waiting, you deserved to be kept in the loop about how things are progressing and when the book should be coming out. Also, I think it will help keep me motivated if I keep running updates going here on my blog. So here’s what is next for Rival Demons:
- First, I need to finish all of the revisions and rewrites. I already have an expected timeline on this, but am not quite ready to share yet.
- Once the book is finished, I will pass it off to my critique group. Because of things going on in their lives, along with the holidays coming up and family time, I am expecting it to take them about 2 weeks to read through the entire book and write out their comments.
- After the critique group goes through the book, we will schedule a long meeting to go through the book page-by-page, talking about any errors, any problems with the plot or things that don’t make sense. My critique group is possibly the most amazing group in the world. They are very thorough and help me so much, so this is one of the most important steps.
- As long as there are no major problems with the book, I usually just take about three or four days to go through everyone’s comments and make all the changes I agree with. Then, I read through the book a few more times, putting the final touches in.
- Once the book is completely done, then comes the formatting. This also takes a couple of days.
- Finally, release day!!
Yay! I can't wait to see what's going to happen with all the characters. I'm glad your feeling better too! =)
So glad that you are feeling better and I'm really looking forward to the next book! Thanks for taking the time to update us!
Thank you ladies!! I am excited too!
Sweeet!!!!! Wicked excited! I'm also very glad you're feeling better!! <3