On Tuesday, I blogged about the question, what are edits like?. Today, I have a related topic, but this one’s far more opinion-based. (As in, this is what I think, but you can and should do whatever you want because what the hell do I know?) I received an email from a friend wanting to [...]
What are edits like?
by Shannon on March 22, 2011 in For Writers, Writing--craft
Having just finished edits on Yours By Design Yours To Keep, I was asked a question I’ve been asked before, usually by aspiring authors or new authors stalking their inboxes, waiting for their first round of edits. What are edits like? I’ve seen others answer the same question and the answers are often similar in [...]
A peek behind the curtain – Exclusively Yours
by Shannon on December 14, 2010 in Writing--craft
Jessica, from Read | React | Review read, reacted to and reviewed Exclusively Yours, the audio version. And she liked it! Yay! AND, she invited me to submit a post for her new “Behind the Lines” feature, which is very cool. If you pop over there, you can read about how a moment with my [...]
One day later…or was it yesterday?
by Shannon on March 30, 2010 in Writing--craft
Here’s a lesson I recently learned. Never say Screw the timeline. I’m just going to write and figure it out after… Therein lies madness. For you. For your editor. Especially if the book takes place over a short period of time. And in the book I’m working on now, though it has a much longer [...]
My editing process
by Shannon on March 18, 2010 in For Writers, Writing--craft
(If you’re my editor, you might want to look away.) I’m currently doing edits for my June Carina Press release, Exclusively Yours. (I hope to have a blurb soon so I can make a page for it.) So, while I’ve talked about it before, what better time to talk about the editing process than while [...]








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