Just Romantic Suspense, and Editing

Today I'm over at Just Romantic Suspense talking about the differences between mystery and suspense, especially in the romance genre. I'm giving away a copy of Finding Sarah to one commenter (and if you have already read the book, I'm happy to gift it to someone you choose should you win.)

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I've been working on edits for my next Pine Hills Police story. I've mentioned it before, but for me, the best way to deal with this round of edits (the ones I do after I hit "the end" but before I send it off to the editor)

I print the entire document, because your eye will see things differently on paper. I change the font, again to fool the eye. To save paper, the first time I tried this, I printed the manuscript in 2 columns and found that added yet another piece of eye-trickery. You're not reading across long lines of print, and your eye will pick up even more since nothing is laid out the way it was on the screen. I also reduce the font size slightly—my intent is to read this like a book, and books have smaller type, so it's not something totally out of the realm of what I'm used to.

Romantic Suspense or Romantic Mystery?

I'm over at Just Romantic Suspense today, talking about romantic suspense, which is what the romance publishing industry calls romance books that fall into any of the mystery sub-genres. Please visit. I'm giving away a book to one commenter.

And scroll down to yesterday's post to see if you're a winner of a giveaway from last week's post!