I’ve been having fun the past few days going through
the first edits for my forthcoming novel, The Highland Lass, due to be published by Crooked Cat this spring,
although it’s also time-consuming and a strain on the eyes at times. This is
the part I love, as the hard writing should be mostly over and the
professional editor has hopefully caught anything I need to address or correct. It’s
notoriously difficult to edit our own work and I can’t believe the silly things
our eyes pass over because we read what we expect to see!
At the same time, I've had contact from my cover
artist and we've started to discuss ideas for this important part of the book.
Not as easy as it sounds, but I'm happy with the actual image we’re thinking
about at the moment as it suits the flavour of the story. It’s even more
difficult when the novel covers two time frames, but it’s mostly a contemporary
story and that will be the focus, as well as a rough indication of the setting
(Scotland). It won't be as chilly looking as my photo of Loch Lomond above!
It’s an exciting move towards the actual
publication and makes it feel real. Can’t wait until I can reveal more about
it. Meantime, I’d better get on with the novella I'm supposed to be finishing,
although my heart is still with The Highland Lass at the moment.
Just as well the weather has been terrible up here for
days at a time – gale force winds and heavy rain. At least it stops me from gallivanting
too much! Hope it’s not too bad where you are.
Rosemary
13 comments:
I think that discussions about the cover must be the most exciting part of the book publishing process... it means the end is in sight!
It's good they're getting to this stage already, Wendy!
Best of luck with the edits for The Highland Lass Rosemary, and with your novella. Went to the Isle of Wight at the weekend and it was so windy that tiles were flying off the roof! Hope the wind has calmed down where you are.
Good luck with the edits, Rosemary. I know how easy it is to miss something because you see what you thought you wrote.
Blustery here, too, but the sun has been shining a bit today and we've escaped the worst of the storms. Maybe our turn is yet to come!
Sounds very exciting. I'm looking forward to seeing your cover - and the book!
You've had some rough weather up there recently haven't you. It's been wet and a bit windy here, but nothing out of the ordinary (touch wood!). Hope your weather calms down soon xx
Ah, the cover! It's a brilliant moment, isn't it.
I'm really looking forward to seeing your cover, Rosemary. This weather certainly has been perfect for editing. What a painstaking, but satisfying, process it is. You must be getting really excited about The Highland Lass and I'm looking forward to more news soon. xxx
Thanks, Anita - we're now covered in snow this morning!
Hi Mary - hope you still have it fairly good this morning. Our wind turned to lovely snow!
Many thanks, Teresa - I'm getting excited about this one!
It is indeed, Frances - though we mull over for too long at times!
Thank you, Joanna - you'll be getting excited about your own book coming out soon!
Seems as though everything is going really well with the book!
Love the picture - I think it must have been taken from one of the places we stopped as I have a similar (but sunnier!) picture.
So far, so good, Patsy! This is taken at Loch Lomond from the little village of Luss - in winter!
So far, so good, Patsy! This is taken at Loch Lomond from the little village of Luss - in winter!
That sounds like an exciting time, Rosemary. It is funny that we are hopeless at editing our own work and yet are able to pick up on others' quite easily. Wishing you lots of fun and please let us know when it will be available for purchase. :)
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