Revisions

I will always love my early books, but writing is a journey of learning and improvement. I’ve gained experience by collaborating with other authors and completing other projects. I’ve fixed aspects of my style after working with an editor. I’ve developed my “voice” and how I handle description and dialogue. I’m always working to improve, so that the next book will be written better than the last.

I had new covers made for my first two books, You Bring the Coffee, I’ll Save the World, and Frost Heaves and Falsehoods. Then, I read them again. It had been years. Wow, my writing had changed since! With my new book forthcoming, I couldn’t let them remain as they were! What if readers of my new work pick up the old books? The differences in style would be shocking.

So, I set about revising them. I didn’t change the stories, but I updated the writing. They’ll still be recognizable as earlier work, but not nearly to the extent they would have if left alone. I adjusted dialogue tags, comma usage, sentence structures, point of view, and clarity of description. I refined narrative sections and edited for better readability. I also changed the font and line spacing for a better visual experience. They are better versions of what they were, and I’m proud of them.

So, if you have a pre-revision copy collecting dust on your bookshelf, thank you for supporting me in the early years of my authoring adventure. You have a version of a book that will never be printed again in exactly the same way!