Editing for this weeks writers group

24 Apr Editing for this weeks writers group

I am a member of two writers’ groups.  One that meet every other week and one that meets weekly.  Both of them are looking for new members, so if you are living in Southern Oregon contact me and I will give you the details.

Since I have a book in revision through the writers groups, I always have a book in revision. I was working on the sequel to The Student Librarian, which is another Jason and Mortyiene Mystery entitled, The Bankers of Zurix. This time bankers are being offed by an unknown assailant and Jason and Mortyiene, along with Edwardynah, are journeying deep into the wilds of the library.  Yes wilds, though this building is a library, it is a dangerous and mysterious place.  The bankers are gnomes and certain gnomes are being killed.

If it were only that simple, Jason travels to a crime scene, gets attacked, in the stairwell, by rabid scroll shrews and durrocks, big green men, are dogging their steps.

I admit it my weakest area is punctuation. I struggle with it daily, though I am told I am getting better at it. I feel like there is a little lip that I am caught on, and when I finally go over that hump the rules will become clear and I will be able to see things. I think I just don’t trust myself. I have had comments on my reviews that there are typos.  One lady said, they didn’t bother her, one gentleman said they were sooooooo bad. I figure, from what I have heard from most readers, it is closer to the first than the second. So bear with me internet people, and I will get better.

Here is an excerpt from the story.

The area was quite, a strange kind of peace from an unused section of The Library. She had done a patrol of the floor and found The Library desk the reference desk and the card catalog. She had even grabbed a book to read about some military campaign in a place she had never heard of.

Something caught her eye and she looked down an aisle seeing a durrock watching them from between the stacks. She motioned the Chesmue who followed her gaze.

She unsnapped her sword and got up looking to casually walk down the aisle. The durrock was huge with green skin and disappeared down the stacks. Two aisles she could hear Chesmue running as she sprinted after the durrock. She rounded the corner and saw him disappear down the main aisle. She charged down after him. Her sword was drawn, as he bolted down another aisle.