Editing: Finished!
Only stage 3 of the whole process to go – the FORMATTING! (stage 1 – writing, stage 2 – editing)
If there was one thing I could tell someone to do if they’re completely bonkers enough to fall in love with this writing of tall tales business, it’s to not stop writing until they’ve reached ‘the end’. Then they can edit, judge, expand, and otherwise eviscerate, the end result.
It’s … exhilarating!
I’ve had a couple of days of feeling like I’m a lost sock in the washing machine of life, (normal after six months of concentrated concentration) now it’s …
On With The Show!
-oOo-
On a more prosaic note, I’ve had a fine joust with my new diabetes medication. The dosage was waaaay too high, and seeing as how some of the nastier side-effects were vomiting and diarrhea, I will leave it to your imagination as to what I’ve been going through from a digestive point-of-view – suffice it to say, not fun … but all digitalia crossed, my keel should be even from now on.
-oOo-
And now, the real reason I’ve asked you all here this evening. (cue dramatic music …)
Phew! That certainly was dramatic.
When I mentioned in my last post that I was still looking for the right cover art, (I had some very specific imagery in mind) Olga Godim offered to see what she might be able to create for me.
And create something for me, she most assuredly did!
Behold, the cover reveal and title reveal of my book …
Cover, revealed!
Speaking of fantasies, if this series, yes it’s going to be a series, ever makes it to the ‘big screen’ or smaller ones, I want that piece of music as the theme music.
Widdershins Worlds 
Yes just keep writing till the end then there is the fun of reading from the beginning and discovering what you actually wrote!
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Yep, once I finished the first draft, I re-read it in one sitting and went, “Damn, this is good!” 😀
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Wow! I love the cover, Widds… Hurry up and get it published?
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Thanks 😀 … I’m hoping for the end of next week to have everything up and running on Smashwords and Amazon … that’s the plan at least! 😀
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So looking forward to this!
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😀
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As for that music… I think it’s Two Steps from Hell and is the only music that shreds my soul, yet leaves me feeling wonderful!
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Wow! Wow! Wow-wow-wow!
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Heheheheheheh 😀 … best comment evah! 😀
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Love that cover! Hope you continue to feel better, Widdershins.
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Thanks 😀
I’m treading lightly and avoiding all foods at the moment that even look like they’ll go through me like a dose of salts! 😀
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You’re almost there – head down, keep in going! 🙂
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Will do, mon Captian! 😀
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Thank you for the shout-out. Love the music.
Hope you feel better soon.
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You’re welcome. 🙂
Great piece isn’t it? 😀
My gizzards are settling down-ish. 🙂
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Well done! Editing is the part I hate.
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Thanks 😀 … the thing that amused me the most was how many times I had typed ‘it’s’, instead of ‘its’ … boggling really, 🙂
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A wonderful cover – and dramatic music. At least you managed to get diabetic, dosage, diarrhea, digestive, and digitalia into a short prosaic piece.
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Bwhahahahaha! 😀 😀 … I did, didn’t I! 😀
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Definitely dramatic music, and a great cover. How lovely of Olga to make it for you! Congrats on entering the formatting stage! 🙂 ;-(
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Thanks 😀 … she did such a good job! 😀
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The image of the sprint finish with everything clenched is perhaps one I shall try and erase… or run for cover from (groan – the pun works, the grammar sucks). Excellent to N (where N is staggeringly ginormous)
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Thanks. 😀 …
Heh, you ought to see it from this … erm … side. 😀
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Dragons are irresistible, aren’t they? 😀
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Hee, hee, hee … absolutely! 😀
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What a lovely cover! Thank you for sharing!
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Yep, it’s got all the elements I wanted 😀
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Wow, that looks amazing! Congratulations- the perfect blend of ‘pretty’ & ‘powerful’, I love it- very appealing.
And I hope your body settles down soon, that sounds tricky 🥴
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It took us a bit of back-and-forth-ing, but we got there in the end .
… gizzards appear to have sorted themselves out. 😀
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That cover looks wonderful–shades of mystic blue. (I saw this post briefly while scanning WP by tablet; decided to come back when I had a real keyboard for comments.)
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😀 … I really liked the colours as well. 😀
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Widds! Glorious cover but so sorry about the meds. Now, when do you publish?
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The cover is indeed, wonderful … meds appear to have sorted themselves out … I’m hoping to get an ebook version up on Smashwords by the end of the week. (realistically by the end of the weekend 😀 ) The Zon soon to follow. 😀 … print version is always a bastard because I prefer to see the thing with mine own eyes before I go live with it, so it’s going to be a bit delayed. 🙂
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Excellent news all round, especially about the meds. Please do an update when the Kindle version is up. -hugs-
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Just finished formatting for Smashwords tonight, will publish there tomorrow (barring any unforeseen clangers) and the Kindle version should be up and running by the end of the weekend! 😀 … very excited, I am! 😀
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Bravo! Looking forward to this. 🙂
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Met a few clangers … le sigh 🙂
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Clangers? Problems?
With Smashwords or KDP?
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Me. 😀 … forgot to do a couple of things 😀
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Oooh! lol Well, at least you caught the ‘clangers’. 😀
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How exciting!! Many congratulations! Hope the formatting goes well! 🙂
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I’ve just finished formatting for Smashwords, and I expect (baring unforeseen clangers) to publish it tomorrow after a one-more-time review. 🙂 … then the kindle and print version by the end of the weekend … very exciting times! 😀
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Best wishes for every success!!! 🙂
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Amazing book cover! Love it and your choice of dramatic music. All the best as you move forward with publication.
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Thank you … thank you … and thank you 😀
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Love the cover art and music. And I hope your gut is feeling better now.
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Thanks … gut is much better, although I could give Garfield a run for his money in the burping department. 😀
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