Back from staycay!

On 16 Jul 201812 Aug 2018 By Cait (like cat) GordonIn Just stuff, WritingLeave a comment

I had a lovely two weeks off, relaxing with the husband unit during our stay-cation. So much dessert, so much retail therapy. Good times. But now STUFF is about to happen. Because of my super-amazing beta readers from heaven, I received all the comments, and I'm ready to roll with preparing the submission draft of The …

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I’m not crazy, I’m waiting to hear from the publisher!

On 14 Mar 201614 Mar 2016 By Cait (like cat) GordonIn This blog's posts, WritingLeave a comment

Is it July yet? Is it July yet? No, really, is it July yet? No? How 'bout now? No? OK, fine. For almost two years I've journalled the growing pains of writing my book, Life in the 'Cosm. What began in May 2014 has taken me to March 2016, when something happened that got my squee levels up. …

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10 things I did to get my manuscript ready for submission

On 9 Oct 201521 Feb 2016 By Cait (like cat) GordonIn This blog's posts, Writing4 Comments

The beta-readers were mild compared to Editor Cait. I found over 100 nit-picky things in my “fuzzy-socks reading” step of this process. After I made those changes, Editor Cait went into Dalek mode, and started exterminating words like they were timelords.