Hooray! I’ve finished the rough draft for my novella Innocent Blood! Complete at approximately 27,940 words – almost 11,000 words more than I had originally planned – Innocent Blood is done at last…
Well, almost! Now, for the time that every writer dreads… the red pen day. Editing time.
It sounds dreadful doesn’t it? What a plethora of horrible images those words call to mind. A slash of the pen, a line of red marks the clean white manuscript… stabbing, slicing, wounding. Alright, so I’m being dramatic. But truth be told, I hate editing!
However, an unedited manuscript is worse than the actual process of editing, so here I go. Editing, rewriting, deleting, rewording…
And then at long last, the story will be completely done! And hopefully by then I will have decided on the new title!
Here are the prospective titles at the moment:
Out of Darkness Rising
Darkness Slain
Rising Light
From Darkness Rising
Dawning Light
Can you sense a theme? ;) I’m taking a poll right now, trying to get everyone’s opinions on which title to chose, so if you care to vote, comment here and I’ll add your preference to the list. You can read the story teaser and a short excerpt here – Innocent Blood
Well, I have already abandoned the red pen too long and so I must pick it up again. After this, I hope to have a real blog post up here soon! :)
~ A Servant of the King