Alpennia Blog: One more step done

[hrj]

I've finished the first editing pass of Mother of Souls and added all the changes to the computer file. Amusingly, the overall word count has only changed by just short of 500 words. This editing pass was primarily to align all the elements that shifted, changed, or winked in and out of being during the process of writing the first draft. The next pass will focus on making the descriptions more vivid and stripping out boring and empty language. This pass will be done directly in the computer file and, in theory, doesn't involve changing any actual facts.

I'll be sending the file out to beta readers after the second pass (which is a bit less polished than I've sent out in the past, but I don't want to rush people). And that means I can't put off soliciting a few special-topic beta readers.