So, I’m a third of the way through my editing course and I’ve learnt so much that just makes sense of what I learnt as a kid.
It’s funny – as a pantser, I go through and I write by the seat of my pants – including grammar, punctuation and all that. I’ve never really known the laws of grammar and punctuation but I’m starting to, now. It’s all starting to come together in terms of what the teachers tried to tell me when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Such a great course!
And I know how commas and the Oxford comma work – and how semi-colons and colons work. Phew! Always used them the right way!
First assessment has been submitted, so now just waiting on the results of that (jittery here!)
So, onto other things.
I have a week to go on prepping the current story for the competition, then I will have a final look over at Dark Dimensions Part 2 and start working on getting part 1 and 2 published. I have the fourth book in the series ready to go but I really have to get stuck into the book between Dark Reign and The Dark Road.
I have been through the two books currently in the Consequences series and they are ready to go to beta readers. Those are the next on the list.
As some of you know, I have been playing with a book of smut. This has become like a study a painter or sketcher would do of a subject. I have used this character to see how far I can push the boundaries of the types of situations I can put a character in and I’ve shared the latest with some friends who have demanded it be published. So, now I’m contemplating that.
If I do, this book will go under a pseudonym because it is a dark exploration into the depths that some humans will go to hurt other people – and I do mean DARK.
Onto lighter things, our weather has been beautiful but on Wednesday we’re looking at high-temps again! Gah! Just when I thought it would be time to go walking and look what happens!
Anway, that’s it for now!
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