by Keri Rozansky | Jul 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
I love to write. I have worlds upon worlds and dozens of characters and situations flowing through my creative mind. Sometimes it’s too much to write everything down and flesh each one out into a full story. The elite few that do make it to the status of WIP and eventually full story, need more than just writing. They need editing, too. From making sure “to” doesn’t become “too” or “two” or a wandering sentence doesn’t become a giant run-on paragraph, to making sure the main character’s name and hair and eye color stay the same throughout the story, there are a myriad of things to keep in check. These checks are all maintained through editing.
I love writing the story, imagining characters and places and all the rest. When it comes to the tedium of editing though, I’d much rather not. I’m a professional editor myself, and have edited non-fiction books, news articles, and more. These are all factual documents, where all I’m looking for is the difference between two and too and weather or not the name of the politician being interviewed is spelled correctly.
After months of work, and even a month of just letting it sit, I’m combing through one last time before I put my baby in the hands of someone who can truly make sure everything is as it should be. I am simultaneously jumping for joy and cowering in fear. Joyous that I have reached this step after so long, yet fearful of the potential judgment an editor will have of my work. No one has read this manuscript in its entirety since I finally decided to call it finished. It’s overwhelming to know that it will be seen, in full, by someone else’s eyes for the first time. Will they take one look at it and say ‘I can’t work with this, you’ll need to start from scratch’ or will they rave over it being the best thing they’ve read in the genre in years?
It’s a big step, but one I think I’m ready for.
Tell me about a time you took a big step toward something you weren’t certain about. Let’s talk on Facebook!
by Keri Rozansky | Jan 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Normal Day will be fully-published by the end of the month! Episodes 1 & 2 are currently LIVE on Kindle Vella. Episode 3 will be up soon, followed quickly by episode 4.
Yesterday marked the first day of the New Year that life was “normal”: my son went back to school. His day, however, was anything but normal. His schedule changed quite drastically, and now he ping-pongs back and forth across the school seemingly for every class. He has new teachers to get used to, and scheduling like his first period class being moved to the very end of the day. He knows he’ll get used to it, but new routines are always difficult.
Another new routine that’s to become normal is this blog. As I said before, look for posts every Tuesday! Other new routines I hope to become normal include a writing schedule that gives you all a complete Kindle Vella story every month. It’s actually all scheduled out on a monthly, weekly, and daily basis.
What are some of your normal routines? What do you hope to make a normal routine in 2024 – is it merely writing “2024” instead of “2023”? Let me know in the comments or on Facebook.
by Keri Rozansky | Jan 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Two blog posts in a week? Yep! As I said in yesterday’s blog, you can expect to see some extra blogs for various holidays in addition to the regular weekly post. Yesterday was the holiday, today marks the first post of many Tuesday postings.
I’ve gotten this renewed spirit from a weeklong workshop I took. It started the day after Christmas and met daily through New Year’s Day. We examined our writing goals and other goals we desired to meet in 2024. Blogging more regularly is one of those goals for me, so I can connect with you all more.
One of the biggest things we talked about was setting goals and how we plan to reach those goals on a day by day, week by week, month by month schedule. When planning it all out, I thought it seemed like a lot. How would I fit it all in? Then I executed my first day’s To Do List. Just about everything on my calendar took anywhere from 1 to 2 hours to complete. I ended the day reviewing today’s schedule and making tweaks for what didn’t get done yesterday to carry it over to today or sometime later this week when it fits. I have a reading list for this year, but I’m also open to suggestions. I’m also planning on learning something new this year outside of writing. All of this is scheduled out all the way to December 31, 2024. The hope is that, yes, all of this will get done by December 31, 2024 if not sooner.
What are some things you plan on learning this year? Also, drop your reading recommendations in the comments so we can all learn something new!
by Keri Rozansky | Jul 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
It’s a favorite summer holiday full of food, friends, family, fun, and fireworks. It’s America’s 247th birthday this year and no matter how you celebrate, I hope you have fun and make memories with loved ones. My family and I will be heading to a lake near the “tip of the mitt” in Michigan. I’ll be spending time family, likely playing yard games, going for boat rides, jet ski rides, and I plan to do some kayaking when the waters aren’t as rough.
From my family to yours: happy 4th of July!
