Shefali Prem's Blog - Posts Tagged "ready-to-live"
Deadline to Revise Book 2
I'm working away on making final changes to book 2 of the Ready For Love series -- Ready To Live -- to get to my editor by Nov. 11th. Currently I'm listening to the latest draft which is a great way to find errors. Unfortunately, while listening recently to book 1, Ready To Play, I found a few that I need to go and fix. So much for hiring a proofreader. :-(
Next up in revisions will be going through and rewriting sentences that use my most overused words such as "get" or "I know/I feel/etc." and the one I have the hardest time removing -- "just." :/
I also need to go through and make sure I'm not starting every sentence the same way -- I, He, She...
The hardest revisions I think (other than plot holes which have been fixed) will be going through the sex scenes and making sure it's more about emotions and sensations than describing whose hands and limbs are where so that a reader knows exactly who is doing what. ;-)
Oh, yes, and let's not forget the 2 scenes where I inserted a placeholder -- a love scene and a football game scene.
Yikes! I need to get back to work!
~S
Next up in revisions will be going through and rewriting sentences that use my most overused words such as "get" or "I know/I feel/etc." and the one I have the hardest time removing -- "just." :/
I also need to go through and make sure I'm not starting every sentence the same way -- I, He, She...
The hardest revisions I think (other than plot holes which have been fixed) will be going through the sex scenes and making sure it's more about emotions and sensations than describing whose hands and limbs are where so that a reader knows exactly who is doing what. ;-)
Oh, yes, and let's not forget the 2 scenes where I inserted a placeholder -- a love scene and a football game scene.
Yikes! I need to get back to work!
~S
Which Order to Read?
While Ready To Play (featuring Brent & Joey) was written and released first, the timeline overlaps with Ready To Live (Luc & Charlie). Both books have references to the other's storyline, and in my opinion, can be read in either order.
However, Ready To Live does have a subplot that does not get resolved until book 3 so if you read Ready To Live first, there will be no mention of that subplot in Ready To Play.
All this to say, if you're not sure you like the tropes in the first book or the book blurb just doesn't call to you, no worries! Feel free to jump into the second book. Maybe the references to Brent & Joey's relationship might pique your interest enough to go back and read their story.
Either way, happy reading!
~Shefali
However, Ready To Live does have a subplot that does not get resolved until book 3 so if you read Ready To Live first, there will be no mention of that subplot in Ready To Play.
All this to say, if you're not sure you like the tropes in the first book or the book blurb just doesn't call to you, no worries! Feel free to jump into the second book. Maybe the references to Brent & Joey's relationship might pique your interest enough to go back and read their story.
Either way, happy reading!
~Shefali
