Editing Day 4

   Today I edited 5 pages. My lowest so far. Something happened that was really annoying. When I got back from work, I accidentally fell asleep which turned into the World's Longest Nap. I don't nap, I really don't. I was really annoyed with myself. I was planning on doing a lot of editing.
The word count is 74, 344.

   I found some interesting info on rum that's hilarious. There's a character that loves to drink dark rum and smokes a Cohiba Siglo Cigar. It's a short one today. I'll write more about that tomorrow.

Good Night! xxx :)

Editing Day 3

   Today I edited 23 pages. Not as many pages as I'd hoped to do. I straightened out a couple of smaller plots and clarified them. The word count so far is 74,316.

   I did some research on Swedish royalty because I was trying to figure out what one of the main character's maiden name is. It was really interesting. Maria Eleanora of Brandenberg looks very similar to her. Evangeline Brandenberg could have been Maria Eleanora of Brandenberg in a previous life time. She's a vampire with an interesting past. I think I'll explore that in my second book in the series.



Here's a picture of her.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Eleonora_of_Brandenburg

   Her married name is Nightingale. She was married to a horrendous man because her father wanted to take a position in the Swedish royal treasury. She escaped on a warship pretending to be a sailor.
I'm not going to say any more!

   I will have more done tomorrow and can't wait to share some information about one of the other characters in the book.
Good Night! xxx :)

Editing Day 2

   Today I really enjoyed editing the manuscript and was looking forward to it all day. It was fun and I did about 11 pages.

   I corrected spelling mistakes, added descriptions and made paragraphs make sense. The total word count is 74, 149.

   I listened to an audio book called A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness, one of my favourite authors. It's a part of a series of books called The All Souls Trilogy.

   I have a long day of editing tomorrow and I can not wait! I'll also compose a list of agents that I'll be submitting my manuscript to and use the Writers and Artists book. In my next blog, I'll share what I found useful from it and add the list at the end of the blog.

   Good night! xx :)

Editing Day 1

   Today I went through all the grammar and spelling errors, and quickly corrected them. Starting with Chapter 1, I read the manuscript through line by line and edited any lines that sounded weird or didn't make sense. I don't know why, but I always laugh when I'm editing sex scenes. So childish. Haha!

   I edited the first 4 chapters while listening to a playlist of old and more recent songs. When I was writing, I usually listened to an audio book, unless I was sick of it. I corrected a few sentences that seemed odd and any spelling mistakes that were missed by the autocorrect. In total, I edited about 10 pages.

   I'm starting to feel more positive about it. I'll leave it here for now and continue again tomorrow. Good Night!