Ellen ES Ceely

Today I plowed through editing for my upcoming novel, A Curse of Feathers & Fools, which is a fairytale retelling of The Seven Ravens.

How is it I can love a story so thoroughly, but dread working on it?! Every author I know understands what I mean.

I love my book. It’s the shortest one I’ve written. It’s not nearly as deep as my other two, but it’s full of adventure and fun, and it provides a nice escape from reality while still having (in my opinion) a good plot.

However, I also dread editing. All day I fought the urge to do something else, think about something else, and be somewhere other than in front of my printed pages with a red pen in my hand!

I’m so close to being done with editing. I have 5 chapters left, then I’ll be sending it off to Beta readers while I work on formatting and release details like ISBN, Amazon publishing, etc.

I’m probably most excited for the inside artwork I’m putting in this book. I have a map, just like always (need to do some minor edits on that too), but I also have chapter artwork done by my sister!

I’m also considering using Bookvault to get author copies. I haven’t decided yet. I’ve only heard one review, and it was a good review, but there are fees associated with Bookvault that aren’t associated with Amazon. I guess I need to do more research.

Side note: if you’re an author and you happen to know something about them – please leave me a comment or send me a message and let me know what you think!

Once this book is published, I have two other books that need finishing, and one that’s just started to formulate in my mind. I have a book on writing/plotting that I either want to use for my next book or for re-structuring one that’s about 75% done.

Sometimes I worry I’ll run out of things to write about. As if ideas for stories will just suddenly dry up. Then I realize I have 3 books in my head now and not nearly enough time to get them all out at the moment.

Being an author is beautiful and strange, and I’m convinced you need to be a little bit nutty to even attempt it. Writing is my passion, but I’ll do anything I can to avoid it for as long as possible. Why is that?!

That’s probably enough of my ramblings for today. I’m tired and my head feels heavy. Time to drink some tea and go to bed.