I wasn't eager to proceed with fixing the POV switching, AKA 'head hopping' in THE VASE. Because often it advances the storyline, or contributes to the plot. But like the good soldier, I went full steam ahead. And there are ways to do it without hurting your storyline.
The trick is you've got to stay in one person's POV per scene. If you stray from one person's POV to another's, what you've got to do is change it back to the original person's POV. Sometimes it's just a single word added or removed. Othertimes it's a sentence or two deleted entirely. And other times, it's a rewrite of a sentence or paragraph.
It just takes doing, and I'll probably have to go back and do the same thing with KILLER EYES and JOHN DUNN. But those two are on the back burner, now. And so is the fifth novel I was supposed to be plotting out this summer. But that fifth novel is not without some plans. I've finally received that inspiration for another Trent Smith novel, the third in the series.
But more about that later. For now, it's all about KILLER OF KILLERS getting published next month, and finding a home for THE VASE. Stay tuned.
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