GraySapien: Blog

I've had questions from readers regarding the next book in the Darwin's World series, so allow me to answer them now. Book Two, The Trek, will be published on Bookapy February 5th. I have no plans at this time to publish it on SOL.

I resubmitted Ch 20, wrote the previous blog and resubmitted, then checked Ch 20 on SOL.
Looked normal.
Is this the resubmitted file, or is there something else going on?
FWIW: I use a Mac Mini. I'm wondering now if there's something happening on other computers. It's not supposed to work that way, but still...

The first error happened when I submitted a chapter using.docx formatting. Checked, found that SOL prefers.html.
Used Word's formatter, posted a chapter.
Was advised by readers that I shouldn't use it because the file had unnecessary stuff.
OK. I found Convertio, paid a year's subscription, and formatted chapter 20 using that system. And found out that once again, what showed up on SOL is not what I see on my computer.
I've resubmitted, using.html from Word. As soon as it shows up, I'll look at the file, but if you see it before I do let me know.

I've decided to slow down the rate of submissions. For one, I'm spending a lot of time revising, but the primary reason is that I don't want to monopolize the daily posting on SOL.
Today, Wizard's Apprentice; tomorrow, Jacob Jennings; and that schedule will continue until both books are complete on SOL. After that, I'll be submitting chapters of a new book, not sure which one yet.
To all who wrote to me about revising Wizard's Apprentice, thank you! Most were for keeping the language as is, but I think I can tone things down a bit without losing the flavor of the book. Bear with me, please, and let me know how you feel about what I'm doing.
Some writers on SOL claim they write for themselves, and to an extent that's true; but I write for readers, in the hope that for a brief moment the enjoyment of my work makes their day better.

I'm in the process of editing Wizard's Apprentice, and I'm considering now whether I shouldn't start toning down some of the Elizabethan language.
I'm okay with it--hey, I had the fun of writing it, and my friend PC Bondsman enjoyed editig it--but I've had a couple of comments from readers that the language is a turnoff.
So, in the spirit of compromise: if you can deal with the original (and after you get used to it it's not difficult at all), I'll leave the original version up on Bookapy. But for SOL readers, I'll begin stripping out some of the less-common verbiage.