Category: editing
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Closing Out 2022
This year has been one of learning adventures on the literary front. The biggest was that I dove into being my own boss with Olive Kent Publishing. As part of that, I learned how to format books, design covers, deal with distribution, and so much more. I re-released Corroded in March, which had been out-of-print…
Carrie Dalby
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Summer Writes, Reads, and Edits
It’s meltingly hot here in Mobile, Alabama, which means it’s a typical August along the Gulf Coast. My favorite thing to do in August are indoor activities including reading, writing, and editing. On August first, I completed the first draft of the final manuscript in the trilogy I began in the autumn of 2019. It…
Carrie Dalby
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Springing Along
After finishing the first draft of my latest project at the end of March, I took a few days off to reset my mind. Powering through 118,000 words in just over two months merits a mini-break. Then, I dove into what I think was my final round–or next to final round–of self edits (draft twenty-four)…
Carrie Dalby
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Cover Reveal
In just over two months, Tendrils of Passion, book three of The Possession Chronicles, will be released. I’ve completed the last major round of edits (only proofing to go) and this week I’m sharing the cover art. Created by Ashley Byland of Redbird Designs, it features key character Claudio De Fiore amid ruins, which represent…
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The Horizon
Tendrils of Passion, book three of The Possession Chronicles, releases this November. The editor will have the manuscript back to me by one week from today so I can go through my next round of edits (which brings my total to around thirty editorial passes for this manuscript since I wrote the first draft.) I’ll…
Carrie Dalby
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