Proofreading - book 14

If you’ve followed my journey for a while, you’ll know that I love the planning stage, the initial writing to create draft one, even the draft two writing but intensely dislike structural edits, moderately like the line edit process and on reaching the proofreading stage am needing to fall back in love with my own creation. A constant cycle which has been repeated throughout my publishing journey. 

I’m delighted to announce that book fourteen followed suit. During the past week, I have spent numerous days proofreading my latest publication, ‘Reunited at the Lakeside Cottage’ to be released in December 2024 and am grateful to have fallen back in love with my three ladies, and this time - three gents too! 

Like most tasks, I have a set routine that works for me. I download the polished manuscript onto my iPad and then read aloud to my deaf dog. Seriously, my darling Teddy sits alongside me for hours. I have a MacBook positioned nearby and when I come across something that I think needs amending I enter the details into a grid table – which is later sent to my editor. Below, I’ve noted the first few entries of the current proofreading document.
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Erin Green – proofreading of Reunited at the Lakeside Cottage

Page no.          Line no.          Current print                                                             Correction needed       

0                       1                       Quotation: To err is human; to forgive, divine.       To err is human; to forgive, divine.
 
7                       23                     me my                                                                         me that my
 
I’m grateful knowing that professional proof-readers are also reading through the novel seeking errors for the final correction before the printing presses roll!

​And afterwards, having returned the proofreading document to my editor and waved goodbye to another completed project, I celebrate with chilled bubbles. After which, I resume my writing work because it’s time for another story!

Available to pre-order:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reunited-Lakeside-Cottage-heart-warming-uplifting-ebook/dp/B0D5QQPL8J

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