3 posts tagged “proofreading”

Why, hello there, first writing-related paycheck!

So, I should be hearing in a matter of days whether I've made it into Robots Beyond or not. Matthew has already secured himself a spot, while Bobbie has just heard that Southern Ballads didn't make it. Still, a quite a lot of our writing group have made it into the antho--Gren's sub was the first to be accepted, and John W. Oliver's fantastic Coyote tale was accepted almost immediately.

Right now I'm proofreading what will be the first release by the recently founded Swarm Press. I have no idea where it's going, but it's already creepy and engaging. Should be a good start. I can't say more than that, because it's apparently super seekrit.

I'm also plotting yet another novel with Matthew--this one is the Dickens/Lovecraft/Timetravel thing that's been simmering in the back of my head for a while. Jacob said he wanted time travel novels, so yeah. The Gods novel has been put on the backburner for a while.

I'm also finally working on Downstairs, which is now called Emily's Door. That was the title of the first chapter, but it sounds good and it seems appropriate, so it's now the title of the whole project. Who knows how many times that will change before I'm done.

No idea what the word count on that one is,  because I'm using an actual notebook. So far it looks like the chapters are very short, which is fine. I was aiming for something between kids and young adult. Besides, it's only the first draft, so it's allowed to be crap.

And uni is slowly killing me. I need to write two big essays and one small essay in the next few weeks, and I'm stumped. I also need to read a load of books, and my motivation has gone down the drain. Still, stress usually helps me. Usually.

Argh.

But no acceptions either.

Last night I finished proofreading one of Permuted's upcoming novels. It was a lot of fun to do. Probably because two editors had already gone over it, so there were hardly any errors left in there.

Matt McElroy has invited me to submit some reviews to Flames Rising. This is awesome. I've never written a 'real' review before - the ones I post here really won't be  up to scratch. I'll be working on that this weekend, which I'm both looking forward to and dreading.

I got my sleep pattern fixed! This is awesome.

Not only in general, but because I've got a meeting at noon today for the next Angler.

Okay, this was boring. Signing off.

BYEEEE. I love you!