Displace - Chapter 10 Author's Notes and Comments · 11:42pm Apr 19th, 2012
I decided instead of writing this in at the end of the chapter, I'd write this one especially separate. There's a bit I needed to talk about and wasn't sure just how long I'd get.
Firstly, I want to apologize for the tardiness of the chapter release. I finished the first half of the chapter roughly at the beginning of April. Then I had to take a bit of a break to collect my thoughts. Unfortunately for me, my beta reader/editor DarkxRedemption went on a trip and ended up being delayed for a week just as I wanted to bounce content ideas off of him. No biggie. He got back, we walked through my thoughts, and I was back to work immediately. The chapter itself was finished on the 15th. Then came some more troubles. DxR has been fighting a bout of insomnia, and as such hasn't been in a reliable state of mind for editing. So finally today, he said just to go ahead with release. I'd like to think my own edit job will be enough, but if you all see anything hinky, don't be afraid to point it out.
Incidentally, I'd be willing to take on more editors if there are any interested. There are no particular restrictions aside from a firm grasp of spelling and grammar. Just state your interest here and we can sort the details through PM.
Now, onto the content of the chapter. I know many of you have been excited for the race. Some probably expected the outcome, while others guessed one of the other two possible outcomes. I went with the one that I did in order to have it come out in a decent way, yet remain somewhat ambiguous as to whether Dash went easy. Fair enough. Next, I wanted to get some character development in there, as well. Again, I think I did it decently, and DarkxRedemption certainly liked the d'aww factor.
Finally, I wanted to get the action part of this story rolling. Up until now, it's been fairly light at most, a bit fluffy at times with the one grim moment in chapter 5. With the final scene this chapter, I wanted to both reaffirm that Morrigan is pure evil. I understand this scene will probably be very vivid in the imaginations of some. I wrote it in the way I did so that those with vivid enough imaginations would feel the scene as I imagined. I'll be getting to work on the next chapter this evening. Cheers, and here's hoping for more.
I wouldn't mind being an editor. I'm pretty good at noticing spelling and grammar issues, provided I'm not really tired. The only real downside to my editing is that it might take me a day or two to look over.
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Cool. With editing, DarkxRedemption and I have been using GoogleDocs for editing. Feel free to create a dud account with google - if you're not comfortable using a normal email - for editing purposes. I can take note of it, and then tack it in with DarkxRedemption's when chapters are ready for editing.
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I'm going to delete your comment for security reasons, otherwise your email will be public for all to see. If you have a google account, note it to me.
If you don't mind, I'd like to volunteer as an editor too. I'm proficient with spelling and grammar.
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My bad!
Just PM'ed my info to you.
76531 I'm fine with using my regular email.
I'll PM it to you so you can add me to the list of editors.
I hope Warren becomes a pony again D=
I think I could be a good editor because I'm also good at grammar and punctuation.
Also, as a fellow author, you could bounce ideas off me from time to time if Dark isn't feeling well.
Just a quick update for all of you who read this, I am fine now, well mostly, have to take meds due to the cause, but other than that I am fine.