Hired a beta reader

13 Oct 2024

I’ve hired a beta reader to tell me what makes sense and what doesn’t in the story. Unlike the editor review, who advised on the technical aspects of the st...

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Editor's report

01 Oct 2024

I’ve spent the last week or so reading the report I received back from the editor. I’ve also changed the story based on her feedback. I’ve dropped one chara...

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Editor's report received

20 Sep 2024

Well, don’t know what to say, I’m in shock. The report back from Charlotte was very positive! I’m not sure how to process the information. Yes, she has po...

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Editor hired

15 Aug 2024

Today I have hired a lady called Charlotte, who is going to perform a development edit on Stigma. Got to admit I’m nervous as hell. If her report states ‘Do...

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Reedsy

04 Aug 2024

Spent the last month of so trying to work out what I have to do with that file on my hard disk that claims to be a novel. Having done nothing like this befo...

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Final Draft

01 Jul 2024

So, after what has been a very long time, I started Stigma back in 2015, then put it to one side until the beginning of 2024. I think I finished it. I’ve ha...

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Stigma - Intro

19 Jan 2024

About 10 years ago, an idea came to me, and it was the equivalent of a music earworm. To get rid of it, I turned it into a short story, hoping that would be...

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