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2011 — In Retrospect

Looking back over my list of goals from last year, I’m fairly pleased with the results. *Read at least 2 books on revision and self-editing. (Check!) *Macro revision of memoir; eliminate all known plot and flow issues. (Check.) *Micro revision of memoir; polish with a line-by-line review. (Checkity-check!) *Recruit reliable beta-readers and make adjustments based […]

The Old and The New

I finished the memoir on the 8th of January. I feel like I had another child; I keep having people ask me the stats. For my completed clean draft, it shook out to 33 chapters and approximately 162k words. Yes, that’s a big book. I’m somewhat heartened to consider it only took me a year […]