The good and bad of editing.

September 29^th.

Nothing last week, which was deliberate because I had little to say.
This time there’s more but then no more for a while because we are off to Spain
for a couple of weeks. The promotion for Roselli’s Gold with ENT went well. I
sold 87 copies on the day of the promotion, and a few more after that. Not a
huge amount, but at least the royalties will cover the cost of the promo. I
shall be going quiet while in Spain, but when I get back, there will be some
catching up needed. My permafree novel, The Eagle’s Covenant is still
attracting downloads, but the average is around sixteen a day. Still OK, but
could be better.

Last week I downloaded AutoCrit: a software editing programme. I find
it very useful and annoying at the same time because it points out all the
places in my narrative where I could improve. So far I am about one third of
the way through and have edited something like 30,000 words. The statistic
showing on the AutoCrit record says that I have examined over one million words
so far. It looks a lot, but imagine what figure it will have reached by the
time I finish the edit. Once that is done, I will print the manuscript off for
my lovely wife to read through. She will use her red pen to point out my errors
and I will then go through a final edit. Should be finished before Christmas.

I have had to jog the ear of Ingram Spark because they forgot to process
the file I uploaded to them. It is now in ‘premedia’ and I should know by the
end of the week that it’s ready for printing. I’ll be in Spain, but at least I
can order a copy so that it is here when we get back home. Once I’m happy, I’ll
order about twenty copies for the CHINDI’s One Big Launch in November.

I’ve been delivering brochures for our ‘Words for the Wounded’ event in
October. I’m looking forward to that because it will be a good opportunity to
be in a place where I can meet people who want to be there, listening to
authors and, hopefully, buying their books. Mine too! It will be helpful as
well, because if I sell more than just one book, it could give me an indication
of how many I will need in the run-up to Christmas.

For those of you who haven’t already done so, why not have a look at my
permafree book, The Eagle’s Covenant? http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LZRKJ4O/?tag There’s another
freebie inside. See you all when I come back from Spain.