Becoming a writer again -- switching from editing to writing

Becoming a writer again — switching from editing to writing

The last few weeks, months even, have mostly been spent either revising Shadow of Stone, or tweaking old short stories, formatting, and putting together collections. But for Shadow of Stone at least, an end is in sight. I wrote five freelance copy editors / proofreaders and have heard back from three. I should be able to make a decision on who to hire by the end of the week. Right now I’m going through the manuscript one last time in order to make a glossary, but of course I can’t resist tweaking as I go.

Once the book is off, though, I will have the time I was spending rewriting for writing again, which I am very much looking forward to. I plan to resist the temptation to put together another collection for at least a month so that I can get some languishing short stories finished. I also need to get back to my novel Fragments of Legend and finally finish that. Hopefully I haven’t forgotten how to actually make new words rather than shoving words around that are already there.

Reminder: my award-nominated novella “Looking Through Lace” is FREE today! Believe me, you’re doing me a favor if you grab yourself a copy, so please be my guest!

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About Ruth Nestvold

Ruth Nestvold's short fiction has appeared in numerous markets, including Asimov's, F&SF, Baen's Universe, Strange Horizons, Scifiction, and Gardner Dozois's Year's Best Science Fiction. Her fiction has been nominated for the Nebula, Tiptree, and Sturgeon Awards. In 2007, the Italian translation of her novella "Looking Through Lace" won the "Premio Italia" award for best international work. Her novel Flamme und Harfe appeared in translation with the German imprint of Random House, Penhaligon, in 2009 and has since been translated into Dutch and Italian. She maintains a web site at www.ruthnestvold.com.

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6 Responses to Becoming a writer again — switching from editing to writing

Jessica Fritsche says:

March 14, 2012 at 7:17 pm

Congrats on finding your end! I love editing (and I better, since it is part of my job!), but always enjoy getting back to the creation when it’s all said and done.
I downloaded Looking Through Lace and I’m excited to read it. Have a great week!

- Ruth Nestvold says:
  
  March 18, 2012 at 2:29 pm
  
  Thanks, Jessica! Hope you like it.
  
Tracy McCusker (@dustyjournal) says:

March 14, 2012 at 10:39 pm

Congratulations Ruth!! Doesn’t it feel great to be past the rewriting stage? To have new projects clamoring for your attention?

I’ve been glad to see that Yseult has rocketed up through the ranks on Amazon. I hope that this round of ROW has helped you find a good balance between old material & new.

- Ruth Nestvold says:
  
  March 18, 2012 at 2:30 pm
  
  It’s still mostly old material, Tracy, but with the ebook success, I’m definitely feeling better about writing again!
  
  Thanks for stopping by.
  
KM Huber says:

March 15, 2012 at 12:24 am

I remain quite impressed at the amount of writing you do. Have always admired short stories and you seem to be so comfortable with that format. As ROW80 winds down and my writing workshop ends, I plan on reading some of your work that I’ve downloaded. I am so looking forward to it!

Karen

- Ruth Nestvold says:
  
  March 18, 2012 at 2:31 pm
  
  Thanks, Karen! I hope you enjoy the stories.