Tag: Revision

• A Vital Reminder

  This last year has been a not so great time for me. I’ve spent a lot of time focusing on family (often at the expense of my writing) while my family minimizes my written work and suggests with full candor that I would be better off doing literally anything else. I might be a stone…

  Y. K. Greene

  July 23, 2015

  Backend, Formatting, Goals, Living the Writing Life, Progress, Scrivener, When Not To Pay, Writing

  blah blah, blathering bs, Delays, ebook, Editing, editing tips, Formatting, indie author, musings, Revision, When Not To Pay, writing, writing tips

• Scrivener: Series “Bible”

  I love Scrivener, it makes writing novels (and writing novel series) so much easier! One of the things I noticed while constantly changing my writing process, however, is that there’s not that much information out there on how to effectively use Scrivener for writing a novel series. So I’m going to try and outline some…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 13, 2014

  Formatting, Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Writing

  backend bs, Editing, indie author, Revision, Scrivener, Series Bible, writing tips

• My Writing Process

  My writing process has changed. A lot. In the beginning I started out using a few books on the art and craft of writing novels and tried to follow along – often deviating about a third of the way through their recommended process as I got the hang of their method, made changes to suit…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 11, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Progress, Writing

  backend bs, book cover design tips, book covers, ebook, Editing, editing tips, Formatting, naming, Revision, writing, writing tips

• Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

  It’s almost that time of year again. Somewhere between when I’ve finished writing my latest novel and before I stop fretting over it like a fussy hen and start writing my next novel. Into this no-mans land falls several events, MLK day, my birthday, Valentine’s Day, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. In something like 26 days,…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 21, 2014

  Books, Living the Writing Life, Marketing

  Ash of Ambitions, blah blah, blather, Book Reviews, indie author, random, Revision, writing

• Draft2Digital

  By now if you’re an indie publisher, author or hoping to pursue independent publishing in one way or another – you’ve probably heard of Draft2Digital. But just in case you haven’t, Draft2Digital.com is a publishing platform like Smashwords’ infamous meat grinder in that Draft2Digital (D2D) lets you take your unpublished manuscript, format it for various…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 7, 2014

  Backend, Formatting, Living the Writing Life, Writing

  Amazon, backend bs, basics, Createspace, Draft2Digital, ebook, Formatting, iBook, Koble, Nook, publishing, Revision, Smashwords, Tips, writing tips

• “Toxic Ash” Is Finally FINISHED

  I am finally done with the draft on “Toxic Ash.” Now it’s time for – everything else. Right now it feels like writing the thing was the easy part and that was damned hard. I haven’t sent out an email blast yet, since the publication date isn’t settled – lots of edits need to happen…

  Y. K. Greene

  September 17, 2013

  Backend, Books, Eldritch Elysium, Goals, Living the Writing Life, Marketing, Progress, Toxic Ash

  Ash of Ambitions, book covers, ebook, Editing, Eldritch Elysium, Revision, Toxic Ash

• Book Review: “The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing”

  It’s been a long, long while since I last wrote any kind of book review. Figured it was long since time I dug out this one and wrote up my thoughts on “The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing”.

  Y. K. Greene

  March 26, 2013

  Backend, Living the Writing Life, Telling the tale, Writing

  Book Reviews, indie author, Revision, Tips, writing, writing tips

• Book Review: William Strunk Jr. &E.B. White’s “The Elements of Style”

  So I’ve realized that there’s a pretty big desire amongst my readers for more reviews of skill books. I’ve got quite a few of these books on the shelves, some I’ve read from cover to cover over and over again, some led me down a bad path and a very, very few have been both…

  Y. K. Greene

  August 14, 2012

  Backend, Books, Goals, Living the Writing Life

  Book Reviews, Editing, editing tips, Revision, writing tips

• Book Review: Victoria Mixon’s “The Art & Craft of Fiction: A Practitioner’s Manual”

  I don’t usually review dead tree books or those that are only available in ebook format at what I consider to be ridiculously inflated prices (I like my ebooks at no more than $2.99) however since I promised to discuss the craft of revision, editing and polishing the heck out of your work, I’m just…

  Y. K. Greene

  July 24, 2012

  Backend, Books, Goals, Living the Writing Life

  Book Reviews, Editing, editing tips, Revision, Victoria Mixon, writing tips

• Let’s Start The Cleaning Up!

  Well I promised and no amount of hating process is going to make it suddenly easier to accomplish – so lets dive in! I’ve already stated that regardless of how much you hate the process revision/editing/rewrites are a must so I won’t brow beat you about it anymore. Instead, let’s start out by looking at…

  Y. K. Greene

  July 3, 2012

  Backend, Books, Goals, Living the Writing Life, Telling the tale

  copy editing, Editing, grammar, line editing, Revision