proofreading – Maddie's Mom Writes

Orwell Gasteyer

I’ve started a new novel. And yes, I have not yet finished proofreading my last novel. But I am beyond halfway with the proofing, so it’s looking hopeful for some time next month. I’m having a blast … as usual … creating the characters. The main character is a young man named Orwell Gasteyer. HeContinue reading “Orwell Gasteyer”

Proof Copy

It’s kind of exciting and also anticlimactic when the first copy of your newest novel arrives. You spend months (sometimes much longer) agonizing over every word, how they sound and how they look. You worry at your sentence structure and how it all times out. Does it flow? Does it falter? You read it aloudContinue reading “Proof Copy”

The Re-release of Millie

I finally finished fixing the errors in “Millie’s Adventures in Time.” This time around, I had the help of my sister, Debbie Todd, who made note of all the typos, wrong words, and grammatical errors that she noticed. She then sent them to me in an email and I implemented 95% of them. In someContinue reading “The Re-release of Millie”

If You can Afford It

Here’s my advice. If you can afford it, absolutely go with a professional proofreading service. Also, seriously consider having your novel professionally edited. Most people advise that you have your manuscript edited first. Typically, editors have the power to change just about anything up to eliminating whole paragraphs. Ultimately, the final product is more readableContinue reading “If You can Afford It”

Proofreading Your Own Work

Proofreading your own work is a colossal pain in the nether regions. If you are like me, you’ve already read every paragraph in your novel a dozen times or more. I might write a few paragraphs and then go back to where I started and read it from there to be certain that the paragraphsContinue reading “Proofreading Your Own Work”