Writing project – Page 7 – Marie Alice Writes & Reads

Revising a Novel Before Christmas

Deadline.

For a writer, it sounds either exciting or dreadful, doesn’t it?

This year, I took the leap and hired a very good, trustworthy, no bullshit and hidden-fees freelance editor and a proofreader. As for the grammar corrections, oh well, it falls on me.

This writing adventure will more than probably end in a self-publishing one, so I really need to invest a bit in order to present to readers the best version of the YA paranormal writing project, a novel I’ve been working on for a little more than a year.

A novel with a title (yeah!) that I’m not sure about (dang!).

Said deadline is: January 4th, 2021. That’s tomorrow, or close enough !

The only way I will be able to finish the revision and the corrections in time is if I make a plan and stick to it.

And I need a plan about the day job… and the to-do lists… and the Holidays prep…

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Weekly Writing Diary: The Old Days

Day 107 to Day 113

Are you like that too, dear fellow writers?

When a big birthday is coming up, like it or not, you get into bucket list and life goals check mode. And you do the same for your characters!

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Weekly Writing Diary: Saving the Main character and starting over!

Monday, Day 79

« One more week. One more week. You can keep this job for one more week. Come on. One more week. »

The mantra goes round and round in my head, as the sun rises behind dark clouds.

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