Tuesday, October 10, 2017

And the editing begins...

First, thank you all who have "applied" (for lack of better word) to be beta readers. :) I will be in contact and let you all know how things stand (when I have a little more time to organize my brain...).

Last week was a much better editing week than I thought I would have. There are seventeen chapters in Part 1 of Nat's story, 39 chapters in the entire novel... I reached chapter 10. :D :D :D







I really like this feature of Scrivener: I can see at a glance exactly where I left off!!!


Add to all of that excitement... 


Yep, you're seeing correctly: those are "Union soldier" pictures for me to use. One of my former violin students agreed to be my "cover Nat" and sat patiently while I took several pictures of him. I was seriously throwing M&M confetti. ;) I'm one step closer to completion!!

This coming week, I'm not going to be able to focus a ton of time on Nat's story. It's just a week where I feel like I need to be more available to my family and help out more because of tons of things that have piled up... but we'll see. God has sometimes surprised me with some bonus time. I may be able to finish editing Part 1. ;)

Where are you in your projects this week? Any specific goals you'd like to accomplish?

4 comments:

Ryana Lynn said...

To finish 4th draft of my fourth book:D It's way over due and needs to be wrapped up. And the sad thing is I already know I'm going have at least two more rounds of revisions after that!

Congrats on your progress! Getting your cover done makes it seem so real, like it's actually going somewhere!

Alicia G. Ruggieri said...

I love seeing the progress you're making on Nat's story! :-) That feature of Scrivener - seeing what parts you've edited at a glance - may make me try this program in the end!

Rebekah said...

Oh, that's exciting! :) I love it when things start coming together to create a book. :D

I've gotten some things done this week, but I can't get as much done as I would like because my nieces and nephews will be here almost the rest of the week. But I'm hoping for a good productive next week.

Amanda Tero said...

@ Ryana – I hope and pray that your progress is going well! :) And yes on the cover! Plus, I just love covers. ;)

@ Alicia – thank you so much! And YES! I’m loving Scrivener’s features.

@ Rebekah – yes indeed! Ooh, that sounds like fun! :) I just got my first nephew, so I can imagine that my life may be like yours in a few years. ;)

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