Editing

Last week I thought to myself; I really should move these books to the top of the bookshelf and take the picture I have been planning for my blog. I didn’t and a few days later our dog acquired a taste for books. Books passed down from my father that made up some of my early childhood reading; A source that shaped my vision of Chuck Hammer and his adventures.

I should listen to my inspirations. I should be getting them down in writing as they come, not only so I do not lose them but because time is the best tool in editing your own work. As I review again, more than a year after publishing on Kindle, my first book in “The Fortunes of Chuck Hammer’ series I am a bit embarrassed. The passage of time has given me a fresh perspective, removed me from my own concepts and it will ultimately produce a better product as I prepare to publish a print edition.

I am not sure when I will release the revised edition but one consideration will be how far along I am on the second book of the series. Ideally I would like to release the next a year after the previous volume.

If I could afford an editor the process would progress at a much quicker pace. I did acquire an editor for my first book. Though I would have to wait nearly two months for the completion of one editing contract I now have other books to work on in the mean time. I found this article on publishing via a Create Space Facebook posting. Yes, the editing process is much more involved and extensive than it appears. Can I really have a break through novel without using editing and marketing services?

If you have any considerations of writing a book start getting the words down on paper now. Even if it is only a single scene or chapter of a much bigger plot. Even if you are not planning to sit down and write your book for years. It will pay off immensely if you have your ideas written out, no matter how piecemeal, for review from the distance time puts between the concepts rushing through your brain and proper construction.

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