by Sian Ceinwen | February 12, 2020 | Cruise Control, The Album
Okay, so literally as I hit post on that last entry, one of the ladies at work (Liz) walked up to my desk to tell me that even though she hadn’t planned to read any of my book till next week, she’s already started it and is loving it so far! This prompted...
by Sian Ceinwen | February 12, 2020 | Cruise Control, The Album, The Wedding
Holy cannoli, it’s getting real now. I’ve been working with an AMAZING couple who have a business helping authors to finish off their books in the best way possible. They design custom covers, do editing/proof reading and will format the final product so...
by Sian Ceinwen | February 7, 2020 | Cruise Control, The Album, The Wedding
Okay, so I’m only 1,600 words in but a start is a start! After my brain finished the whole “nah, this isn’t good” play, it took another tactic. The wonderful, “well, this one is good but you’ll never write a sequel that people will...
by Sian Ceinwen | February 5, 2020 | Cruise Control, The Album
Oh wow, I feel so…weird now! A couple of days ago, I made the big leap and sent copies to people who can be advance readers for me. There’s still some typos in it (I’m hesitant to change anything at the moment because I want to work only from the...
by Sian Ceinwen | January 30, 2020 | Cruise Control, The Album
Wow, so it’s been *checks calendar* one year, five months and twenty six days since I last updated. Where to begin? I got back the manuscript from my friend who graciously edited it for me and then took months to go through that. After that was done, I sent it...
by Sian Ceinwen | August 4, 2018 | Cruise Control, The Album
So just a short update. I had planned to release the book on the 1st of August. Unfortunately my beautiful editor had to have surgery and this took away a huge chunk of time that she was able to edit. It’s very important to me that I get this right and her...
by Sian Ceinwen | June 25, 2018 | Cruise Control, The Album
So I’m busy in the editing phase of The Album. I’ve gone through and done a first edit. Now I’ve got a couple of very close friends reading it through and editing for me. After that, I’ll be sending it off to a professional editor to look it...
by Sian Ceinwen | June 19, 2018 | Cruise Control, The Album
Many moons ago (November 2011, to be more precise), I decided to participate in NaNoWriMo. For those who don’t know, that stands for National Novel Writing Month and the idea is that you write a 50,000 word novel in a month. I did that and my novel sat somewhere...
by Sian Ceinwen | June 12, 2018 | Cruise Control, The Album
Chapter 1 – An Unfortunate Win Ariana yawned as she walked through the door of her office. There was definitely something in the phrase “Thank God, it’s Friday!”. She couldn’t wait for the weekend. Work had been hell for the last month. Today was the last day of...
