Well, Denizen is done and is on its way to the publisher. Hope she likes it. I do. My beta readers did. I had a small celebration meal of bbq chops, sauteed mushrooms with onions, salad, mashed potatoes. https://videopress.com/v/0aX0rzYU?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Now back to Sylvia! You won't believe what she's up to this time!
On Denizen
You know you're done when you can't think of anything else to fix. I'm just going to let this little story settle for a couple days and see if something comes to mind. Then I'll kick it out to my beloved beta readers. It's on the way. Just hang on a little bit longer.
It’s a Wrap
Just as the beginning starts where things change, the ending should end where things return to normal, or near enough. In stand-alone novels, all loose strings are tied in a nice bow. The ending reminds us of what happened at the beginning. Things that were important there need to be important at the end too. …
What’s after that?
In my last post, I talked about the next steps after finishing a rough draft. In this post, I'm discussing the steps following that. Once I get done making an outline of what I've already written, I start making changes based on my notes. I call it red-lettering because I use red in my outline …

