Since I just finished up the copy edits for Venom, I thought that I would talk a little bit about what the heck copy edits are in the first place. Here goes: Basically, a manuscript goes through a couple of different stages as it is turned into a book. First, I turn my manuscript in, and my editor reads it →

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I got a nice e-mail this week. Glenn at the Tinley Park Public Library contacted me and asked me if they could use a quote by me about libraries on their Web site. It’s part of a regular quotes feature the library does. Of course, I said yes. You can see the quote here (it’s on the right-hand side of →

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Where has all the time gone? Because it’s already March. Seriously, the last two months have flown by. Gah! And I bet that March is going to go by just as fast, since I’ve got a  month full of deadlines looming. I’ve got copy edits due for Venom, final page proofs for Web of Lies, and I need to do →

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