Karleen Koen

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July 26, 2010

Tags: louis XIV, writing, revision, novels, Louise de la Valliere, Athenais, Montespan

Today, my editor and I agreed the book is to go to copyediting. There are 2 small points she'd like to see addressed, but they can be addressed in a sentence as part of the copy edits.

I'm done.

It just seems amazing. I can hardly believe it. My husband told me, take some deep (more…)

tired

June 21, 2010

Tags: louis XIV, writing, revision, novels, Louise de la Valliere, Athenais, Montespan

Just finished an author questionnaire that took days. Have a final reread to do on Louis. Saggy baggy.

creativity

May 30, 2010

Tags: louis XIV, writing, revision, novels, Louise de la Valliere, Athenais, Montespan

The story is crisper. The questions make me think, and her cuts are good ones. I just read a blog about vooks, apps that have video and/or actors reading part of your book. It's wonderful, but who has a staff of even 1 to do that?

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