After quite a few months of focusing on my real job, and going 0 for 4 with agents on my manuscript, I decided to solicit feedback on my audiobook from listeners I hired on Upwork. I never did this the first time, because my beta “readers” were actually readers…of the...
Here we are. It’s been a few days since I finished and sent the book and audiobook to my Kickstarter backers, but I completed on time, as promised. Now, the next step is to revise the manuscript according to the advice of two of my trusted editors. I’ve...
Lemme tell you, when you’re trying to get the audio files right, each minute of recording and editing can take 20 or more. As it stands, I’ve got almost 49 minutes recorded, and that’s roughly 19% of the text that needs recording. I’m using iMovie because of its...
I’m not sure why it took me this long to realize this, but outlining should have come first. Perhaps it was because I enjoyed the escape from my professional life, which involves constant outlining and boundary-setting on my normally free-wheeling writing style....
