Happy New Year to anyone reading this, and the new year for me will bring new books. I've chronicled the publishing journey of Killer of Killers and The Vase, and I have talked about the imminent release of Killer Eyes. That one will be the first book of mine published in 2015. And then John Dunn will be revised. I can only suppose the revising of John Dunn will take the entire year.
And that's because John Dunn is a long book. Over 120,000 words. It's my longest book, and it's only half way rewritten, in terms of instilling everything I've learned over the years. That means POV, dialogue tags, and the correct use of verbs. And on the surface it doesn't seem as though there would be so much to learn. But there is. You've got to be sure you didn't use an intransitive verb as a transitive verb and vice versa. And you've got to be careful about consistency, and time lines, and who's doing what and when and where, and so much more.
No need to say that the longer a book is, the more effort it will take to make sure it's done correctly. Look how long it's taken me to make sure my first three books were done right. Killer of Killers even needed a second edition to reach that point. Killer Eyes won't, but I've been working on the revisions since last February or so. And in the next couple weeks, I can finally be sure it will be ready.
Which brings me back to the new year. 2015 will be a good year. Killer Eyes will be released. The revisions to John Dunn will be finished, and probably the first draft of Second Chance will be completed, too. And once the revisions to John Dunn are, um, done, then I'll get to revising Second Chance. But that one, I suspect will take the least amount of effort. It's being written with all of my knowledge already intact. Doesn't mean it won't need revising. Just not as much.
So again. Happy New Year, and I look forward to it. Stay tuned.
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