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I have realized the true importance of having an editor in my life. I have recently completed revisions on Terth Willager: Age of Mythology after hiring an editor to go over the manuscript. I am so glad I did! I ignorantly thought I was a good writer before I had my eyes opened to the truth. I was merely good at coming up with a story and getting it on paper. I had alot of work to do before good writing ever came into play.

My editor, Nancy McCurry, nancymccurry.com, is from Arizona, practically neighbours with Indi Publishing, recommended Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Browne & King. What a revelation it was to read this book and discover all the points of story telling I missed in my initial works. With Nancy's expert suggestions and my new found knowledge, Terth Willager is now a good story. I still have much to learn about writing but I am more confident now that I have some great coaches in my corner.

I have since sent the manuscript to Indi Publishing who will be formatting it into an e-book and make ready for sale soon. I have updated some content on this site to reflect the improvements in my work - might be worth reading now! Terth's page

So what happens now? Marketing must begin for Terth, rewrites must be done for Anderoth's Dragon and manuscripts must be completed for Terth 2 and The Theonis Trio. Book marketing will start with spreading the news on social networking sites I'm involved with, placing some ads, getting in touch with newpapers and magazines... where ever I can sneak in the word. It makes it easy to promote something you are truly proud of.

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I added excerpt from The Theonis Trio on my blog for free reading. View here.