October 2015 – Ellis Morning's Blog

The Grand Experiment: What I’ve Learned From 1.5 Years Of Writing Full-Time

October 27, 2015 Ellis Morning Comments 2 comments

Would you believe I still haven’t tired of this arrangement? The balances in my bank accounts aren’t as high as they once were, but that doesn’t bother me nearly as much as I thought it might. Mental health is way more important. Not once have I ever pined for the corporate world. As long as I have the means to keep freelancing, I will! What’s New The past couple of months have brought some of the most extreme highs and…

Polish Your Manuscript With One Final Sanity Read

October 12, 2015 Ellis Morning Comments 0 Comment

What? This picture SCREAMS sanity. Last time, I talked about the editing and revision “groove” I got into and rather enjoyed. As you read there, it involved a defined but flexible schedule, a good heaping helping of self-compassion, a blend of making edits directly on my computer and typing in edits made on paper. Some of the edits were rather substantial, basically drafting whole new, fresh paragraphs (or pages). Then there was the matter of all that typing. Data entry…

Finding My Editing And Revising Groove

October 6, 2015 Ellis Morning Comments 0 Comment

“OK, now I gotta go back over it from the beginning!” When you’re editing a novel, you’ll say this at least 37 times. I was on a blogging hiatus for a while there! Sorry about that. Two major things kept me from blogging for the past while: (1) Both of my cats passing away in August, less than a week apart. (2) My final editing passes on Blood’s Force. Which is a real book now. Holy crap. :D With (1),…