​Hi all,

This weekend I renewed my freelance editing contract with Tiger Oak Media to edit for them for another year, signing and dating the contract TODAY and accomplishing one thing on my ToDo. (I accomplished two other things, but signing the freelance contract was a big one.) I can't believe it's been a whole year since I first started working with them, but I'm so glad they wanted to keep working with me and couldn't be happier to sign the new contract.

Here's to another year of freelance editing magazines! AP Style FTW!
Warm regards,
Kellie

Early last month Desert Palm Press contacted me asking if I could do a rush edit on Musing of a Madwoman. A rush edit means I have a shortened turnaround time. In this case since the pub date was insanely close, I gave myself five days to do the developmental edit and two days to do the copyediting.

It was an exhilarating, tiring, amazing experience! 

Why? Well, I also work full-time as an office assistant for the State of Alaska. It's a hectic job with lots of moving parts. So after waking up at 6:30 a.m., going a mile a minute for my full-time job, and then getting back to the house at 5 p.m., settling down to do a rush edit was an interesting experience. I always do freelance magazine editing for Tiger Oak after work, though, so it wasn't unusual for me to do some editing at night.

What was unusual was how long the editing took me per night. I normally edit for one-two hours for Tiger Oak, but this DPP edit took me four-five hours per night! So for that whole week, I edited until 11 p.m. trying to get the first round of edits complete by Friday. I did it, of course. Thankfully I had the weekend off while the author Jazzy Mitchell did her round. By the following Tuesday, I had completed my second round, sent the manuscript back to Jazzy, and my rush-edit was complete!

It was some seriously long nights. I got a small cold because of it. I was crazy tired. I didn't work on any Tiger Oak editing that first week and very minimal the second week since I was kinda burnt-out. But I was also really happy with how both rounds of editing turned out! 

​Musing just came out today and though my part was a small one overall, I am so proud of its publication. Jazzy is a lovely writer, the plot is intense and twisted, and the characters are relatable. You should definitely go check it out.

Hope you have a lovely week!
Warm regards,
Kellie

​Smashwords, one of Desert Palm Press’ amaaaaazing distributors, is celebrating Read An Ebook Week this week (March 4-10, 2018) and has some great deals. Right now, for this week only, both FINDING HEKATE and LOSING HOLD are 25-50% off! (The same applies to all the other fabulous DPP books, too!)

So, if you’ve ever wanted to read about a badass woman being hunted, falling in love, and fighting back, now’s your chance! Here’s a link to Finding Hekate and here’s one to Losing Hold. 

Here’s what others have to say about Finding Hekate:

• “The main characters are under a lot of pressure, beautifully developed and scripted.”
• “Very well written, I felt for Mia and the decisions that she’s had to make to survive. Though it may seem she could have chosen to flee at every opportunity, she clearly felt there was no other way. Cassidy seems to be Mia’s beacon of hope and light in changing life, the one person who may save her at the end. Looking forward to the sequel.”
• “This book is outstanding! The sci-fi book has romance, crime, drama, tragedy all rolled into one.”

Spread the news to your fellow book lovers far and wide, and go on your next adventure with my ragtag crew of the Cicatrix Duology today!

Hope you enjoy the ride.
Warm regards,
​Kellie

​Soooo...I started my first week at the State of Alaska last week. My first day was Tuesday and since then my life has been a bit of a blur. I did a ton of paperwork, met a lot of really nice people, and read a lot of manuals and procedures. (I’ve also been to a lot of meetings.) So the job itself has been a lot to take in, and I haven’t even really started my training yet! Or my actual job!! It’s crazy.

I’m also doing work after my full-time job, as I still have my freelance editing and NYC Midnight judging. I get off work at 4, get back to the house around 5-ish (because of traffic), and start my after work work. I usually take a quick break to scarf down some dinner, and I’m done with the editing/judging by 8:30 or 9pm. After that, I usually settle down on the couch, watch some TV/relax, do my usual nighttime routine, and am in bed by 11pm. I get up at 6:15am to start it all over again.

It’s been…tiring. But good overall, I think. I’ll have to figure out how to balance my time a bit better after I’m completely done working, so I can actually do some fantasy writing, but I’m also so tired after that I might not have the brainpower! Maybe I can just brainstorm over the week and then write during the weekend? I’ll figure it out. Anyway, first week DONE! Now…onto the next.
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Warm regards,
​Kellie