Slow and steady....

Two more solid days of Heartless work (it would have been three days but Sunday was spent working on Part 2 of The 11th Commandment, the serial Regency I'm writing for InD'Tale Magazine) and I still have 30 pages left to edit. This is rough going, as I have to tie in certain mystery elements that I didn't have to before, and all because I decided to remove the prologue, which gave a lot away at the very start. 

At this point, I think it's going well. I should have it in the hands of proofreaders by next week, if I can continue at this pace. Too bad vacation is gonna eventually get in the way of this productive pace. 

Oh well. 

Family has to come first at some point and I have a fabulous family. Hubby pushes me though he doesn't approve of this Heartless revamp (he said it was perfect as it was and I shouldn't have touched anything) and my kids give me a lot of space so I can work. It's nice that they have such varied interests, even though they're only 6 and 8. 

So despite my slow start, I just may win this race. I'm steadily working through this difficult section of the book and I think it's smoothing out nicely. I just hope the readers will agree. 

☺

The turtle pic is mine. If you take it, you're a thief. Just sayin'.

The countdown continues...

Just under 50 pages remain of this major edit.

YAY, ME!!!! 

I'm getting into another spot that requires everything from major rewriting to simple sentence restructuring, some clarification, and probably a bit of scene shuffling. I can't say how long that will take even though the previous 50 pages only took two days.

And though I tried to approach this project objectively, I still laughed and teared up at certain points. 

I've also figured out how to let people know this story, while remaining the same, is substantially different from the first edition. This edition will include the subtitle new revised edition.

I think that's it for now. Have a productive weekend! ♥

*Thumbs-Up Guy and Wow Gal are licensed for my use, not yours. Don't steal them. That means don't copy them, right click and download them to your computer, or screen cap them. That's stealing and it's illegal. Thank you for understanding. 

The end is in sight....

I am 100 pages from completing this edit on Heartless. 

Woo-hoo!!!

Now, that doesn't sound like much but I know there's some work ahead of me. 

Hubby pointed out several inconsistencies, solutions that were just too easy and too convenient for belief. Those will need to be addressed when I come to them and that may require the addition of a scene or two. 

Oh, and did I mention there's a release date for this bad boy? That's right, New Heartless has an official release date and it's probably an INSANE one. Oh well. I'm nothing if not insane. 

Watch for this one to hit the virtual shelves [again] by.... 

August 31

Until then, I'll be working my tail off to get this one ready and that also means a cover reveal very soon. With a billion family-related things going on this month, and the fact that I'm easily distracted, this is truly a challenge. But enough is enough and Derringer wants to get back out there, have his [second] chance in the limelight.

*This is Wow Gal. She is not yours to take, so don't do it. That would make you a thief. I licensed the use of her. You did not. I cut her out of her background. You did not. I added my watermark. You...get the idea.

Another Heartless Update

Ah, my faithful readers and diehard lovers of all things Derringer. I am here to let you know that I finally picked up my personal copy of Heartless and opened up to page 1. And while I cringe at my overuse of the word 'was' and the number of historically inaccurate words and phrases that slipped past my guard, I still laugh and sigh and fall in love with my heartless duke all over again. 

*sigh* 

You will be pleased to learn that this book is #1 on my list of Writing Goals for 2012. Also, I have plans to finish Intrigue, a Regency that is part of my "series" (falls between Deception and Spellbound chronologically), in which my Lord Heartless stars, before wife and marriage settle him down. 

Intrigue is Gideon de Witt's story, a friend of Derringer's who made his debut in Deception. Derringer gets into all kinds of trouble, says all kinds of shocking things, and becomes the unwilling "hero" of a teenage boy. Lots of Regency fun! 

A Heartless Update

I've received most of the critiques from my beta readers. Unfortunately, I've never been one to jump right into this sort of thing so it will most likely be a few weeks before I can even look at the—no doubt awesome—suggestions my pre-readers have given me. Meanwhile, I might post some pre-edit excerpts for your enjoyment. :O)

Until then, happy blogging!!