C.C. Yager's Blog

I’ve been working hard the last two months to get the two Perceval novels ready for publication as well as writing at Creo at Substack. Still dragging my feet a little on the production work. However, now that I am … Continue reading →

A snail’s pace, that’s about as fast as I’ve been able to work on the paperback production for Perceval’s Secret. I’m pleased that I’m now ready to contact the formatter to discuss formatting the manuscript for the pdf file. I … Continue reading →

Since my retirement, I have been recovering from the extreme stress and trauma experienced during the last year of my work life. I had thought I could just dive into my plans for writing and publishing after only a month … Continue reading →

While cleaning out my percevalbooks email today, I found this brief article by Hope Clark in a FundsforWriters newsletter from March 14. It struck a chord for me right now because I realized this morning that I’d rather write than … Continue reading →

As usual, Hope Clark of Funds for Writers, has provided an excellent answer to the question: what is the difference between a Beta Reader and an Editor? I had several Beta Readers for Perceval’s Shadow but only one editor. The … Continue reading →

Life has been extremely busy the last four or five months, and this publication project had to take a back seat for a while. But there has been some movement forward, baby steps, as I’ve worked on it a little … Continue reading →

I subscribe to Hope Clark’s newsletter “Funds for Writers” and have for several years. Occasionally, Hope’s comments at the newsletter’s opening hit on truths about writing that are worth keeping close. That is true of her following comments in a … Continue reading →

Why didn’t I think of this before? The plan had been to publish both the first novel Perceval’s Secret paperback and the second novel Perceval’s Shadow e-book and paperback at the same time. After signing the contract with editor Kellie … Continue reading →

Professional Editing It’s been a busy month! The Perceval’s Shadow manuscript is ready now for editing. So, I began contacting editors, starting with my first choice, Kellie Hultgren. She’s local, a member of professional editing organizations, and has been working … Continue reading →