Davis Proofreading

This year is flying by!

Earlier this year, I set a few goals and have since given myself strict time frames to accomplish these goals, considering I have a second child on the way. As those dates are drawing closer, I’m feeling intimidated but still hopeful! One of those goals is to have my story’s edits finished before November.

As November draws closer I realized this last month went by way too fast, and here’s why.

I’ve gotten into book bedazzling! Friends of mine have gotten together a couple of times, and we all eat, chat, and bedazzle our books. I have brought the same book three times, and we figured that I have put a full workday into this book, and I’m still not done! It’s not like I’m moving slow, I feel like I’m moving at a good pace, but the details I’m putting in with the little diamonds are annoying. I’m hoping one day this freaking book is done but we will see.

[I’m hoping that one day this book will be done]

More on book editing, I participate in several writing groups, but the one that is very personal to me has gone over the indie publishing route. I’ve had this route talked about several times, along with traditional publishing, but every time it’s talked about, I feel like there’s more to remember or do. Luckily, this last time the speaker made a very concise list to follow. The whole process still feels intimidating, especially because editing has not been a walk in the park. All parts of writing a book are hard, but taking this thing that you have poured your heart and soul into, and throwing it out into the world is the scariest part.

Did you know you can send books to the Library of Congress, and that’s another way you protect your story from being stolen?

Getting your story to the “done” part is more frustrating than scary, in my opinion. There’s the planning and writing, revising, grammatical editing, and those last-minute checks to make sure you didn’t miss an end quote. One thing with editing to be aware of is your own story blindness. Give yourself some time between each edit to find the mistakes or have someone else, like me, read the story.

Going through my struggle of editing is what drew me to wanting to help others with their journey. I want to help authors get their story to the very best place that it can be. I want to find the mistakes that could pull a reader out of the story and fix them.

If you are a scared author, just know you aren’t alone. I see you; I am you. Editing doesn’t have to be a battle, and publishing doesn’t have to be a gauntlet. Our books will get out into the world.