- Editing the beejeezus outta Catalina Eddie. Yeah, I'd hoped to be done with this one before fall. Opps. But I'm still at it. I've discovered that "editing" through my Kindle is quite productive. We're always looking for that special viewpoint into our work and how it resonates (or not) with a reader. In the old days, I'd read my drafts on paper and mark them up with the ole red pen. I was always amazed at what I had overlooked while editing online. Well, looking at the piece through my Kindle has been an eye-opener. It's easy to mark up the document using the "notes and highlighting" features. Then I just plow back through the document and enter the corrections and changes, deleting each note or hightlight off the Kindle document. Right now I've got about 350 changes marked, with more to come.
Another good thing about editing through the Kindle is that you get to see just how the document displays. I've come to hate right-left justification when view on the Kindle. So that's something to consider. - The other thing I'm wrapped up in is creating book and author websites. I'm using WordPress. Okay, shoot me.
- I'm looking at creating promotional videos to post on YouTube. As a test, I'm going to read the first chapter of Catalina Eddie on camera. That should be interesting.
- I'll be building author Facebook pages, too. I'm probably the last person on earth to go there.
So that's a glimpse of what's going up here--in the north as winter begins to settle in.
Cheers, y'all!
Jim in MT
