A Beautiful Carnage Update

This book has been my first attempt at not immediately publishing something after I’ve written it. I know a lot of authors plan their release schedules months (and years) in advance, but I don’t really operate that way. Maybe someday I will, but I’m usually more fly by the seat of my pants as a writer when it comes to what I’m writing and releasing and when.

This time around, I also hired a developmental editor. I’ve always been pretty insecure about my stories and the way they play out, so I finally took the leap and hired someone to help me make sure the story was going where I wanted it to and would be satisfying for the readers (Tori over at Cruel Ink Editing, in case you were wondering).

That really helped because she pointed out some places that needed to be fleshed out, questions that needed answers (although there will still be some that carry over into the later books in the series, but that’s intentional whereas these weren’t), and places where more info was needed about a character. (And this is after I wrote a solid 10,000 words about each of the main characters before I even started because I have a compulsive need to know ALL THE THINGS about my characters before I start writing them).

Once all the revisions were made, the manuscript went off to copy and line editing and finally to the formatter. This is the first time I’ve used a professional to format my ebook and paperback and HO-LY SHITBALLS. I’m never going back to doing it myself again.

Dee from Black Widow Designs totally killed it. I mean, just LOOK:

As of now, Beautiful Carnage will release October 11, so not much longer to wait and in the meantime, I’m almost halfway through writing the sequel. You can check it out over on my Patreon.