This blog is a daily journal of my random thoughts. I could write about what bothers me, what I did that day, or more than likely, obsess about my 4 self-published books. Check out the "book information" page to find out more!
Friday, September 14, 2012
Time to Edit
I finished writing my book! Now it is time to extreme edit. For my first book, I edited each chapter as I went along and that was it. This book, I would write a chapter and then edit it as I did last book. Now, I am going to read the entire book and look for more mistakes. As I said a few days ago, I do not want to publish the book and find more mistakes. I want it to be as perfect as possible. Sometimes my four eyes can't catch everything. I sent my book to a friend and my mom to help me edit it. I'm worried my mom is going to tear it apart by telling me that I should reword a lot of it. I have the final say in it though since it's my book. Since I am not made of money, I cannot afford a copy editor that charges five cents a word. At 45,000 words, that's only $2,250 for someone to check for spelling and grammar. No thanks. That's what makes writing these books so special for me. I write, format, and edit it all without any professional help. Does that make the book less marketable? Probably. Since I am only self-published on Create Space, which is free for me to publish, it doesn't get much advertising. Other self-publishers can cost thousands of dollars and then they don't advertise your book! Although I haven't sold too many copies of my first book, I feel so accomplished because I did all of the work myself. Who knows? Maybe one day the right person will find it and the rest will be history. One can only dream!
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