Wow, okay. Another week of forgetting to blog. I’m sorry! I don’t mean to get so caught up in irresponsibility!
I have been hard at work, several types of work no less. I had to submit final edits on “Harvest”, which went rather well (at least, in my mind!). The only thing I have to show for much of my time spent (aside from, you know, a pay check and food in my fridge, that sort of thing) is a great new bio and a very, very slick header for The Damning Moths. The Husband took my concept work and made it AWESOME. Yes!
Clicky-click for full size!
So, this is used on the Facebook Page for The Damning Moths, found here: The Damning Moths | Facebook
And the official website, found here: The Damning Moths
The bio is also on the website, right there under “The Author”. Fancy.
Oh yeah. Did I mention at any point the books have an official website? Haha. See above. I’ve been gloriously lazy about getting the description finalised and put on the site, so you’ll have to forgive the lack of content.
Beside that, it’s all pretty slow going. Whenever I think I’m on a roll, I look at the overall progress and am hit with a “WHAAAAT?” moment. Because things like, I’ll have been editing for hours, and added over 2,000 words to the book, but only progressed through a third of the chapter I had intended on finishing. Don’t get me wrong, everything’s awesome, but the one thing I stuggle most with when editing is guaging progress.
There’s no definitive word count to judge yourself on. Editing isn’t all equal value. Working through a really tough scene might take twice as long as just whipping through a perfectly acceptable section of the manuscript. Man, final edits are trouble. Worth it, but trouble all the same.
~A
The Fane 
Yay! Your website looks great; fantastic header/banner thing. Edits can be excruciatingly slow-going, but hang in there. Progress is happening beneath the surface. =)
Thank you, Annie! That’s what I keep telling myself: as long as I do some every day, there’s progress (even if I’m not seeing it XD).
~A
Nice header, Ashlee, I really like it.
Thank you, Cynthia! I do, too. My husband is super talented. 😀
~A
What’s a missed day of blogging, when you’re accomplishing so much more?
Website looks great!
“Editing isn’t all equal value.” YES. THIS, EXACTLY. I have been beating myself up in this (hopefully last) draft, because it’s been so tedious and the decisions so big…
I hope it works out that way! 😉
Thank you!
Oh, I hear you. I’ve yet to fully embrace the secret of being non-judgemental of myself. Getting there! But still. Man. It’s hard to feel I’m doing great when I edit one single page in a day, after getting through ten the day before. XD
~A