"Old" People Writing for Teens V

Not in this thread.

Woo, I feel finished with the final edits of Hero/Villain. I'm going to call it done, unless somebody who has already read the full trilogy wants to do a quick and dirty read through to make sure I didn't miss any of the book 3 plot twist set-up in book 1 (only because I was serious shook when I found that plot hole, guys).

I'm going to do some reading on the steps to take next. I know that my cover artist needs to know how big the book will be for the print versions, so formatting will have to happen for that before she makes the covers. I'm also working on the back cover copy, because the covers will need to have that too.

I'm also debating on whether I should wait a little more to release them after I get the covers, so I can do a little promotion (Netgalley, maybe send to book bloggers...if I get brave enough )

I had the house to myself the last five days, but I feel like I wasted it because I spent a lot of time not sitting in my favorite places to work on book stuff because I was a) trying to stay cool and b) trying not to aggravate my neck/shoulder strain. Like right now, I'm at the living room table instead of on the couch because this is the coolest room in the house and because every time I sit on the couch, my neck starts hurting again. But I want to put my feet up and snuggle with Jasper *pouts*

*hugs* Parametric. Good to see you back around!

Robots!

I print out my novel when I get to a certain editing point. I have a lot easier dealing with the sentence- and paragraph-level stuff once it's printed out. Big changes will need to happen in Scrivener, but anything I can change by crossing out and adding or changing words, sentences, or paragraphs will be on the paper stage. I have written huge sections in the margins (ha ha, the reveal in M/P was a page full of stuff in the margins that crossed into the next few pages), too, but I have to be really motivated right at that stage to make that happen. I usually do two passes in the paper stage, with different colored pens so I can track versions.

JKR, I have found that slogging through a novel versus flying through it doesn't necessarily tell me how good my writing is. I'm so glad that when you went back, you ended up loving it.

And, yes, I'm self-publishing H/V, and I know that in the end that means I call the shots, but I'd like to have an estimated timeframe for what I need to do for the best results. I could just put it out the second I have covers (I have book 1 formatted for Kindle already), but I could also take a little time to get reviews beforehand. It's my first time, so I have no experience to rely on. I also have to ask for permission for a song use (I think I'll get it and cheaply) in M/P, but it requires knowing the publication date and length of published book and distribution, so those are things I need to know beforehand and give the license owner time to get back to me.

I'm really proud of myself because I managed to write a back cover blurb for Super/Human that doesn't spoil the twist in Hero/Villain. But I just can't see anyway of getting around it for Master/Puppet. I can't figure out any way that the Big Bad's threat makes sense without spoiling both book 1 & book 2 (the BB's existence is the spoiler for book 2, so...).