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Dennis E. Taylor
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Sep 05
Spike and Lucy
Spike and Lucy keep making appearances in my novels. Kind of like easter eggs. Just for visualization, here they are… Spike: Lucy:
Aug 30
We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
Legion is up on Audible.com for pre-order! We Are Legion (We Are Bob) The release date is now officially Sept 20th. The e-book will be released on the same day. Woo hoo!
Aug 24
Summer Update
It has been a busy month! I have done an edit on Outland, arranged for a new cover for it, approved the cover for Legion, and written about 75% of the new novel that my agent and I discussed. This is the third year in a row that we’ve gone up to Whistler in the …
Jul 29
Vacation starts tomorrow
My last day of work before vacation. Woo-hoo! I have a laundry-list of things to do, of course, as mentioned in my previous post. But add to that some software updates that I need to make. I wrote a couple of apps in aid of the plotting of the Legion books. In particular, an XNA-based …
Jul 09
And, they’re off!
Ray Porter contacted me this week. Woo-hoo! Looks like my book is now in process. He asked me about how I see my characters and I provided my opinions. There may or may not be further questions, and I’ll be happy to answer them. In other news, after some critting on Scribophile, I’ve decided that …
Jun 01
Writing Redux
I’d like to go off on a slight tangent with this post. I’ve been working madly on book 2 of Legion, and I am pausing to think about how the process has evolved for me. When I started writing Outland, end of May 2014, I basically just fired up WORD and started typing. But I’m …
May 28
Audible is Moving Right Along
It took very little time between when I sent the completed manuscript in, and Audible’s production department got back to me. My wife and I had been discussing who would be a good narrator for the novel, and I was chagrined when the email from Audible indicated that they’d already assigned a voice actor. But …
May 22
Editing Done. Fer shur.
I just sent off the final version of my manuscript to the publisher. Wow, nerves, much? And it doesn’t matter how many times you look it over before hitting send, you’re still positive that you’ve forgotten something. I’ve also asked my agent about narrator’s voices. I have an opinion or two on that subject, as …
May 18
Editing Done. Maybe.
Today, I sent my edited manuscript back to the editor. She was surprised that it was so fast. And there’s another source of anxiety. I know that I have fast turnaround. When I was doing my query on absolutewrite, there were comments made about how fast I was turning around the versions. And I don’t …
May 14
I Have an Edit!
I received the completed edit yesterday, a week early. And it’s not bad. There were the expected spelling and syntax corrections, and some suggestions for wording changes, of course. She indicated where things were vague or confusing and needed further explanation. There were a couple of suggestions for putting in more backstory–those were a little …
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