The Writing Coach: Don’t Be Fixin’ to Get Ready

 

Editing one’s own writing can be a journey of self-discovery, especially when one edits a fantasy series of over two million words. In that much writing, one is bound to find evidence of one’s writing and thinking foibles. I found two bits in an earlier round of editing, and now I have found another. My character never does things. Instead, he starts to do things.

I started distributing money . . .

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I just wanted to share with the community here that I’ve reached a milestone of sorts…. I just launched the beta of Snowball Reads. Snowball Reads is a whole new way of marketing books. To read one of our books, you have to get started within 36 hours – and you need an invitation code. […]

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Milestone

 

My personal odometer clicked over this afternoon, and I’m sharing it more out of a sense of wonder than anything else. I must be coming out of a lot of car radio speakers.

My first audiobook was released on Audible in August 2011, so next month it’ll be 13 years. I’m recording my 86th book at the moment. I have been very lucky to establish a working relationship with some fine publishers, most especially University Press Audiobooks, an imprint of Redwood Audiobooks. They contract with colleges and universities to get their various publications narrated, and since I love to do histories and biographies, the fit is a good one.

I’ll be retiring from my day job as a tech writer soon, and narrating audiobooks will no longer be a side gig. It’s good to be able to have a craft that isn’t physically demanding and keeps me mentally active. With a life full of books, kids and cats, I am truly blessed.