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Editing Update

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Editing Update

So today is Friday, and also the last day of September! I've accomplished a lot this month, most importantly editing and adding in a couple new pieces that I think will really strengthen some minor character arcs in Kingdom. The next line item is to let it rest a while (meaning a day or 2), come back and do my final round of stylistic edits before spending all of next week compiling, proofreading and spellchecking the thing so I can call it clean. Then "Kingdom" will be officially FINISHED!

I can't tell you how excited I am for it to be done, and also how much I'm going to miss working on it. I still have a long road to go with getting it ready for publication in December, but just having the manuscript itself DONE will be such a relief.

In other news, I've decided to do NaNoWriMo this year for the first time ever, to celebrate finishing Kingdom and give myself something creative to do while dealing with all the marketing hullabaloo of launching a book. I think I'm going to be working on an updated version of my "Lion's Heart" piece, which is now tentatively called "Enough." It'll be a YA novel about overcoming self-harm and I think it'll be one of my most raw and realistic novels yet! I'm really excited to work on it, as I get to delve back into my high school days and also incorporate some personal experiences into the writing that I haven't otherwise been able to do. Stay tuned for chapters of that to start circulating as well!

Hopefully next week I can start reviewing more frequently--I've been sadly absent from the site while editing and laundry have slowly taken over my life. It's been busy, and I know things will stay busy in different ways as the launch date for Kingdom approaches. But I've signed up for a winter writing activity here on WDC that will hopefully keep me churning out writing and keep my creativity flowing during the winter months after Kingdom's release! I'm excited about that because I'll probably get into other types of pieces that I would have never thought to write before. And you know what they say. Practice makes perfect! The more I write, the better I'll get. So between NaNo, my ongoing projects, Kingdom's launch, and that activity, I'll be kept hopping! I'm loving every minute of it though (okay, not EVERY minute but you get the idea).

I hope you guys are doing well in your projects and endeavors! Let me know how things are going in the comments-- I'd love to hear from you all and help encourage you in your writing!

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