Thanks for joining me on my very first Cowboy
Kisses
blog post. I’m dying to know what everyone
likes to read about here. In writer’s
Facebook groups, new authors often ask if they need to hire an editor and have
their work edited before they self-publish their book. This question makes me cringe. No matter how experienced a writer is, or how
many books to their credit, a writer’s words will always be improved by a round
of good editing. The key being “good”
editing. Which is a topic for another
day. (Over the years I’ve had some
dreadful copyright editors whom I’ve refused to work with)
Lately I’ve had an interesting experience in the
world of edits. I’ve been comparing,
line by line, the final version of my accepted manuscript to the traditionally published
book. At the time of publishing I accepted those changes because they improved my work. Years later, I am a bit shocked at the visual
proof my over-wordiness. Plus I see all
my bad habits corrected.
I consider myself a lean and clean writer, which is
clearly not always the case because, like all writers, I love words. I am also deeply dismayed when I find a typo
that was missed by not only me, but an entire team of editors, copy editors and
proofreaders at a New York publishing house.
If, while reading a published book, you come across
one or two typos forgive us; we are human.
If, however, the book is riddled with errors, that author didn’t take
the appropriate time and care, which makes me not want to invest the time to
read it.
How do you feel?
Are you bothered by multiple errors and typos in published books? Or are
you so immersed in the story they don’t matter?
Lately I’ve been working on a series of sweet
western historicals, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, yet I couldn’t resist mixing things up with a very steamy
contemporary western, UNTAMED. After
all, variety is the spice of life. And
thanks to the electronic book world, readers have more choices than ever
before.
Taking a chance in the new Wild West. The chance to be someone else. The chance to be with him.
“Imagine Nancy Drew meets Sex in the City.” Roundtable Reviews.
See you next month!
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