On Valentines Day (14 February 2018) at 3PM MST the www.grydscaen.com blog will be hosting the online panel sponsored by Natsukoarts Design Studio featuring Natsuya Uesugi and talking about 一の初恋 or Ichiban Hatsukoi/Puppy Love in Yaoi. The discussion will focus on the relationship between Shiro and Noiz in the graphic noiz story and discuss the hidden dynamics for creating a realistic gay relationship between characters in yaoi manga. The panel will focus on relationships and writing a soft yaoi story,…..
I just finished the manuscript for graphic noiz: book 3. This volume increases the stakes in the current series and the tension is heightened. In order to do this I had to introduce a ghost from the past into the life of the bestselling writer Shiro Ijima in the story. The story is 33,261 words which is about the length of the previous book. Because the novellas are relatively short it is easier to increase the tension in the story……
On today’s On Writing we talk about waiting for galleys in the production process of getting grydscaen: dissonance published. So I just turned the manuscript in on Wednesday of last week to the publisher. The manuscript is evaluated and then if accepted endorsed to production. During the production phase the Microsoft Word document which is the manuscript is turned into a galley. Also the cover art is finalized and put into the cover template. The design of the grydscaen books…..
So I wrote a post last week about not having ever used an editor. We are about to publish the book grydscaen: dissonance and I am toying with actually getting an editor. Luckily my publisher has editing services so it will not be difficult to find an editor. I was worried about having to find someone in the wild which could be a shady business. Now I have been through the new book dissonance 3 times already and am getting…..
Today on our segment on writing I wanted to talk about the editing process that I use. For me I have an undergraduate degree in English which focused on comparative literature and creative writing. I also have a background from work in technical writing and translation so this gives me a little edge in the editing department. By no means am I the grammar police but I can do a pretty decent critique for flow and wording. The editing process…..
So I wanted to start a serial segment on writing, like my segment on making manga and the Friday segment Packrat Underground. So here we go. I have been watching some Writer Podcasts recently regarding marketing, editing, running a writer business and self publishing. I was revisiting grydscaen: tribute as I think about getting the book professionally edited or farming it out to beta readers. I don’t have beta readers at this point and I don’t know really how to…..