When Your Fantasy Novel Sounds Too Modern

Step 1 – I googled ‘formal English’ and ‘polite language’
Step 2 – I replaced informal words with more formal ones, particularly during dialogue
Step 3 – As I read along the paragraphs around those edits, I looked for other phrases that stuck out as ‘too modern’ and replaced those as well.

But be careful…

Confession: I’ve Been Struggling

For the last two months, you’ve probably noticed a theme in my blog posts: finding momentum.

I’ve been dragging-tail, binge watching TV, my lofty goals have all fallen by the wayside, discarded like empty candy wrappers.

I really wanted to read my novel before starting on copy edits.

I just wanted to be able to make notes where my attention started to wane, so I’d know what might need heavy editing.

What do you do when you don’t know what to do with a revision suggestion?

Some days you’re a super star, and some days… you just show up to work.

Remember when they advised you to ‘show, not tell’. Well, sometimes, it’s really easy to fix.

Hoarding just saved me a lot of time.

Working With An Editor:
-Are you ready for one?
-How to pick the right one?
-What should you expect?

When Your Rough Draft is Really Rough The Truth About My Rough Draft Friday night, I wrote 3,560 words and … More