Writer Patty’s Publication Adventure

Where Writer Patty Writes About Fiction Writing

Works In Progress is Now Available on Smashwords

writerpatty | March 27, 2011

I now have premium status over at Smashwords.  This means that I formatted my book properly the first time and my book is now available for Nook and Sony Readers, and more.  That was the last thing I…

Writing Update

writerpatty | February 17, 2011

I haven’t been writing all that much lately.  My sequel is still sitting on my hard drive, half-done.  But, I am very close to getting the first book up on Amazon and having it for sale here on my blog.…

Gems: Editing That Diamond. From Rough Draft to Polished Manuscript. Part II

writerpatty | June 22, 2009

In part one of my gems series on editing, we discussed macro edit which can be compare to cleaving, the first process that a diamond goes through after it is mined.  Blocking, faceting and polishing are the…

Gems: Editing That Diamond. Rough Draft to Polished Manuscript. Part I

writerpatty | June 10, 2009

editingpartoneComing to the end of a rough draft is an exhilarating process. Knowing that you can do it, that you have done it, that you have created a complete novel is something that does not get old, even after…