Edits Are Done

After lots and lots of work that left my brain more than a little exhausted, I am finished with my edits for Book 2. Well, sort of finished. I completed the edits on paper so I need to put everything into the computer now. It's a somewhat slow and tedious process, but I'm getting through it. After I get all the changes into the computer, I'll read over the manuscript one to two more times depending on the number of minor tweaks that I am still making. The nice thing is that I'll ahead of schedule and I'll be able to relax during the Fourth of July weekend.

I'm also almost done with my edits for the novella. This one I'm not attacking in order of chapters, but picking apart the different scenes and how each are intertwined. This one is a somewhat different style of story for me so I am attacking the edits in a somewhat different manner.

In other random news, my brother has been working on photoshopping some new author photos for me. The man is brilliant and more than a little scary with what he can do with Photoshop. The photos were taken by Joel Quimby and they turned out great. I think what my brother did with them is mind-blowing. I unfortunately don't have the originals -- my brother still has them -- but I have a couple finished examples to show you.

Finally, I have a video that is also on photoshopping. It's of an ad photo shoot and the following Photoshop work that is done on the photo. The whole thing is time elapsed so the video is about a minute long. It's a stunning view of what Photoshop can do and a frightening view of our idea of beauty.