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Darla Baker

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Gay and Lesbian, Fiction, Contemporary

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KG MacGregor, Radclyffe, JM Redmann, Ali Vali, Susan X Meagher, Kellie ...more

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Darla Baker is the author of the Amazon international number one best-selling novel Eagle Cove (Thalia Chase: Sex Therapist Series, Book One). Book Two in the series, Seventy Six Falls is forthcoming. She is the founder of Stone Soup Community Press, a 501(c)3 press devoted to supporting the writers, editors, cover designers, and other creators of queer fiction.

Darla lives with her wife of twenty plus years on the shores of beautiful Lake Cumberland, Kentucky during lake season and on the road in her custom campervan, Dulcinea, the rest of the year. Her adorable pit bull, Mati, is always by her side.

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How did you choose your editor and what was the process from first draft to publication like?

Darla Baker Excellent question!

Eagle Cove was my debut novel. So I went to my newly discovered Facebook friends in the Lesbian Books, readers, writers group and a…moreExcellent question!

Eagle Cove was my debut novel. So I went to my newly discovered Facebook friends in the Lesbian Books, readers, writers group and asked for recommendations. When I reached out to Rogena Mitchell-Jones of RMJ Manuscripts, we just clicked.

The editing process can be difficult because any feedback that is even remotely critical is not easy to hear when your book feels like your baby. But you have to let go of the personal and listen because it truly takes a village to produce a great product.

After completing the first draft and self-edits, I submitted Eagle Cove to five beta readers. Following the post-beta reader edits, I then turned the manuscript over to my editor. Once she and I finished the editing process, I then released the book to a little over 40 advanced copy readers. While they were reading and providing additional edits/feedback, the final proofreader was also reading the book.

Once I received the final proof, I made the last of the edits and then sent the manuscript back to my editor for formatting. And then the manuscript was submitted to Amazon for Kindle and paperback publishing. I then sent Eagle Cove to my narrator, Emily Beresford, for audiobook production. Once she completed the reading, there was only one small round of audio edits and the book was then published in audio format.

From the completion of the first draft to publication with Amazon took about two months and about 85 eyeballs. And even so, just yesterday, I made three typo corrections to the manuscript.

For those of you who are avid readers as well as writers, you're well aware that typos will slip through the cracks. But even so, every single one I've found post-production has been rough.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Darla Baker That's an excellent question. I think the best answer I can give is that I write anyway. If I'm stuck on a particular scene, I may jump to a different…moreThat's an excellent question. I think the best answer I can give is that I write anyway. If I'm stuck on a particular scene, I may jump to a different scene. If I'm stuck on the direction of the story, I may write a blog post or a journal entry or even random nothingness. Whatever I do, I don't frustrate myself. So if writing in general is feeling tedious, I take a break.(less)

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Average rating: 3.81 · 134 ratings · 29 reviews · 4 distinct works

	Eagle Cove (Thalia Chase Sex Therapist, #1) 3.55 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Compound Interest by Annette Mori (Goodreads Author), Ann McMan (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Nat Burns (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 51 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thalia's Oral Exam (Thalia Chase Sex Therapist #0.5) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seventy Six Falls (Thalia Chase Sex Therapist, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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