Hello, gentle readers! Hope you are all well
and staying safe!
As you may know, the first draft of The Madam
& Mr. MacLean, the third book in the Matchmaker Mischief series is done and
as of right now, the last critique has come in so…
What are my next steps? A read through, from
beginning to end, to see what I’m missing, to fix any holes, to make sure my
word choices are appropriate.
I think I might try something different.
Normally, I print out the entire thing, sit at the kitchen table with my
dictionary, thesaurus, and several ‘writing’ books and read it out loud but I
think, this time, I want to try the ‘read aloud’ option provided by MicroSoft
Word (besides, my printer is broken and I haven’t replaced it yet. It’s not
quite in the budget). I’ve never done that. Might be interesting.
I’ve also been told that saving the story as a
PDF can help finding mistakes. I might try that, too.
And then, I send it off to my beta readers.
Honestly, I depend on their read through (and they’re both excellent at this
task). Of course, I depend on my critique partner, too. I wouldn’t be able to
do any of this without them. I’m serious.
In addition, I have started Wife Unexpected,
the fourth story in the Wives of Bravado County series. It’s going pretty well.
My characters aren’t quite talking to me yet, but they will. I have faith.
Incidentally, that’s my heroine’s name. Faith. It’s appropriate for who she is.
The day job is still kicking my butt and I
admit to being exhausted at the end of every week but it’s all good. Less than
two years before I retire (and believe me, I’m really looking forward to that).
More time to write. More time to read. More time to experiment with cooking (I
have to be careful about what I make because the DH has a sensitive stomach,
but seriously, I’m tired of making the same things all the time). I’ve been
collecting recipes from Facebook. Some of them look really good!
And that’s about all for me. Gotta get back to
the writing. Stay well! Stay safe! And remember to spread
kindness wherever you go!
Marie
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