I read my book
This a follow-up to my original post "I wrote a book". This is part two of my first-time author series.
I wrote a post twenty days ago titled I wrote a book. Perhaps the person who's reading this now saw that post. Perhaps they remember that I said, "I am at the stage where it's time to read my story in full. In fact, that's my plan for this evening." Well, I lied to you. I didn't mean to do it, but I did because I didn't actually read the book until this evening. Vocal was kind enough to lift my voice and place this post as a Top Story, which put extra eyes on my project. For that, I'm so grateful. If you're here from the post, I hope you find the following musing helpful in your writing/authorial journey as well because I'm going to react to my first read-through of the book I wrote.
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Ashley Lima
I think about writing more than I write, but call myself a writer as opposed to a thinker.
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Become a paid subscriber to get access.I love your editing process, especially the point of reading your whole book in one sitting. That way you could check f to see how everything flows and if there are inconsistencies or plot holes
I’m glad you did this follow up! And yes, querying stuff is really interesting and even looking into it feels overwhelming 🫣. I lol’d at some of the fun typos, I’m going to keep track of mine when I do this too 🤣😁
Go you! I wish I had a decent manuscript to draft 😅🤣 or maybe not! Regardless this is informative and inspiring! Keep at it! 😊