J.A. Marlow

Revision on the current book is almost finished. Does that mean it’s time to rest and take a vacation? Not for a writer! I’m addicted to writing. I admit it. Life doesn’t feel complete without plotting, planning, writing and revising all the stories coming out of my head. Even if no one ever read them, [...]

Surviving a month doesn’t sound like much, but it is when you’ve been sick two months in a row. I was already run-down from being sick at the beginning of February, and then I caught the bad cold bug that’s been going around. That wiped me out! Unable to go to work for a week, [...]

The spreadsheet tracks hours for “National Novel Editing Month”, where the goal is to revise/edit for 50 hours in 31 days. It can be adapted and used for other months, as well, for anyone who wants to use it. I used as a base the spreadsheet that was offered last year, I rearranged and added [...]

I won NaNoEdMo with 74.5 hours. That was good enough to place 7th on the final list of editors. Whee! The time really helped whip “The String Weavers into shape. I continued with the momentum gained. As of the middle of May the book is completely finished. I’m really happy the way it turned out, [...]

Nanoedmo is going okay. Not great, but okay. I’m doing well with the numbers. Out of 50 hours I’m standing at 40 hours last night. But it’s a good thing I did so much earlier in the week, as this last week has been horrendous. For 5 days, no editing at all. The only creativity [...]

National Novel Editing Month Yes, yet another one. The timing of NaNoEdMo is designed to provide enough space between the end of NaNoWriMo to allow the book to rest (This is run by a different group than NaNoWriMo). Now is the time to pick it up and start the big revision/editing process! Of course, I've [...]