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Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 42 I got the results of the developmental edit. It’s the fist professional service I ever purchased. I’d heard good thing about Reedsy, so I started there. I also compared it to other services, but in the end, I went with a Reedsy editor. You might be wondering […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 41 This is a week of doom. Across the Atlantic Ocean, a developmental editor began reading my manuscript. While that’s going on, I’m gong to pretend I still know what I’m doing, and I’m pushing forward on Book 2: Epsilon Eridani. While I’m writing, I can forget what’s […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 40 This is a big week, and the week after next will be even bigger. So much bigger, in fact, there’s a non-zero change I won’t write Accountability Post 2021 Week 42. And it’s all because of a correspondence I received today. Before I get into that, though, […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 39 I’m working on Book 2: Epsilon Eridani’s Pinch 2 points for all six arcs. Dan Wells, in his YouTube video series Dan Wells on Story Structure, called this point the “jaws of defeat.” As with all plot points, it’s important. That means I want the plot points […]

Introduction to the Accountability Post 2021 Week 38 Now that the novel is moving from midpoint to pinch 2, I’ve discovered something that I probably knew at one time. It’s something that makes perfect sense in retrospect, and it should probably become standard practice for me. At least, I think it should become standard practice […]