Hello all,

First, thank you all for your patience. Writing, editing, and then finalizing a project that you care about takes a lot of work, and a lot of time. It’s important to bring justice to the project by being patient, which at times was difficult as I had all of you—my backers—on my mind. I can’t wait to get this novel into your hands. But, I took my time, worked it through thoroughly, hired a reputable editor, Caroline Tolley, and turned my early drafts of Under The Rug into something I’m very proud of. And, the process is now moving forward as I’ve just submitted my manuscript to Inkshares. 

Now, Inkshares will still have their editors take a look at it. But because I’ve had a professional editor already work on this with me, the process will move much faster than normal. The next few things I will be submitting to the Inksahres team are things like book cover, layout, author bio, etc. Soon Inkshares will communicate to me a realistic date for the release of the book. Rest assured however, that you, my backers, will receive your copies before it hits the bookshelves. That’s it for now. Will let you know something when I know something. 

The second round of edits has been completed for Under The Rug. On to the third and final round. I can’t wait to get it in your hands.

Quick update on Under The Rug. We are into phase 2 of content and development editing. It’s looking good. After this round, we’ll go through a line edit(line by line, cadence, sentence structure, etc.), then it’s on to the copy edit(punctuation, grammar, etc.); that’s the final stage. Once again, thank you all for the love and support. 

I have decided on an editor—Caroline Tolley. She came highly recommend from a writer I trust. 

Caroline is a former in-house editor at Pocket Books–a division of Simon & Schuster, the premier New York City publisher of commercial and trade fiction–an outside editor for Harper Collins/Avon, and a reader for The Literary Guild and The Rhapsody Book Club. She has been editing popular fiction for 20 years and has 200+ novels under her belt, including three New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and USA Today best selling authors. 

I’m honored to work with her and can’t wait to start the process. We get underway March 1st. Will get back to you soon. 

Hello all,