Heather Ames's Blog - Posts Tagged "lighthouse"
The Final Leg
This is what I'm telling myself as I plough through to the end of NIGHT SHADOWS. I knew I had a lot of work to do with the last 100 pages or so, and my first assessment was correct. When changing about a third of the plot, renaming characters, omitting needless words but clarifying both plot points and police interviews with potential suspects, I gave myself quite the challenge. I posted on Facebook that sometimes when I take a break from the revisions, I feel like I'm surfacing from deep-sea diving.
I'm still on-track for an early 2018 release date for this stand-alone suspense, after which I am going to take a short hiatus before plunging into Book 3 of the INDELIBLE series.
After an unexpected an unwanted glitch in my publishing schedule, I feel like I'm back on track, and very glad to be there with new releases in a much more timely manner.
The world of the small publishers has been very, very rocky over the last couple of years, at least as far as my own experience is concerned. I wonder where, when and if it will all end, and who will benefit? Trad publishers, small publishers, or the self-published? I wonder when the saturation point will be reached?
In the meantime, I'll continue to do my best to build a readership by delivering a tight plot, good research, relatable but flawed characters and yes, nail-biting suspense. I believe that if I can do all of the above, then those readers will come and hopefully, by word of mouth, bring more readers along for the ride.
I'm still on-track for an early 2018 release date for this stand-alone suspense, after which I am going to take a short hiatus before plunging into Book 3 of the INDELIBLE series.
After an unexpected an unwanted glitch in my publishing schedule, I feel like I'm back on track, and very glad to be there with new releases in a much more timely manner.
The world of the small publishers has been very, very rocky over the last couple of years, at least as far as my own experience is concerned. I wonder where, when and if it will all end, and who will benefit? Trad publishers, small publishers, or the self-published? I wonder when the saturation point will be reached?
In the meantime, I'll continue to do my best to build a readership by delivering a tight plot, good research, relatable but flawed characters and yes, nail-biting suspense. I believe that if I can do all of the above, then those readers will come and hopefully, by word of mouth, bring more readers along for the ride.
