R J Theodore

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Working with an Editor: Not Change, But Evolution

April 10, 2018 by R J Theodore Leave a Comment

Working with an Editor: Not Change, But Evolution

While I worked for years – twelve of them – on my book, I knew one day I’d eventually send it to an editor as the final trial before publication. What I pictured that editor doing to my book either involved many measuring tapes and 10x magnifying loupes, many feather dusters or many match books. […]

Filed Under: Motivation, Process, Writing Tagged With: artists, coaching, complete draft, consistency, creative process, development, drafting, editing, Flotsam, imposter syndrome, process, procrastination, re-write, revisions, Science Fiction, thoughts, writer's life, writing

Now Available: FLOTSAM

March 27, 2018 by R J Theodore Leave a Comment

Now Available: FLOTSAM

FLOTSAM is out today! Huge, huge thanks go out to John Adamus, my galaxy class editor, along with the entire in-it-to-the-elbows Parvus Press team who helped me get this book out the door and in the hands of its new readers. It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with Parvus over the last eleven months, […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Process Tagged With: announcements, Flotsam, life, parvus, Science Fiction, writer's life

20 Days, You Guys

March 7, 2018 by R J Theodore Leave a Comment

FLOTSAM releases in 20 days. I feel like it’s so much closer by the way things are picking up speed behind the scenes. Most of my blog tour essays are done, and now I turn my anxious thoughts to organizing in-person events. This past weekend was v.v.exciting! The paperbacks that Amazon decided to ship out […]

Filed Under: Blather, Marketing, Process Tagged With: book launch, Flotsam, marketing, parvus, Science Fiction, writer's life

Flotsam_Final5rev10_FINAL_REALLYFINAL.indd

February 27, 2018 by R J Theodore 2 Comments

Flotsam_Final5rev10_FINAL_REALLYFINAL.indd

This morning I promised Colin of Parvus that I’m done with FLOTSAM. No more revisions. No more layout changes. Forever and ever, Amen. Revisions to the manuscript itself were locked in last Tuesday, in reality, when Colin and I Zoom-conf’d for 3.5 hours to go over my notes from the audiobook review and prioritize any […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Process, Writing Tagged With: audio book, book launch, brainwaves, creative process, development, Flotsam, marketing, parvus, process, Science Fiction, writer's life

Biathlon of Proofing

February 20, 2018 by R J Theodore Leave a Comment

Biathlon of Proofing

The audio files for proofing/QC arrived on Saturday morning, which was perfect timing for getting them reviewed and sending my comments back on schedule, but wow that was an intensive weekend. My back and neck (plus right shoulder) are not happy with me. Thankfully I got out for a couple hours this weekend to walk […]

Filed Under: Blather, Process, Writing Tagged With: creative process, development, editing, Flotsam, health, life, marketing, parvus, process, revisions, Science Fiction, writer's life

It’s not all hard work

January 30, 2018 by R J Theodore Leave a Comment

It’s not all hard work

There are shenanigans and plans in the works around here! On Thursday, Colin Coyle of Parvus Press emceed a Conversation on Craft between the lovely Karen Osborne and me which aired via Facebook Live. It was a great chat and it was over way too fast! It’ll eventually live on the Parvus site, but for […]

Filed Under: Blather, Marketing, Process, Self-Publishing, Writing Tagged With: artists, brainwaves, consistency, creative process, Flotsam, library writing programs, life, marketing, parvus, pitching, process, reading, Science Fiction, shed, writer's life, writing groups

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