Month: November 2018

Questions for the Authors – J.M. Dover – Part 2

Authors, Books, From the Editor
  1. Where are you in the process of writing your next book?

 

I wrote the first draft of Return to Atlantis (the second book in the Atlantis series) almost two years ago during NANOWRIMO (National Novel Writing Month). I am currently editing that book. I love creating new worlds and new concepts, but I am not a fan of editing. I find the process tedious, and I often have to take out the best bits of writing because they don’t fit. I am hoping to finish the first round of edits at the end of November and send the manuscript off to my publisher.

I am a quilter when I write. I have a loose outline of what might be the highlights of the story. Then I write the scenes as they come to me and piece them together into the story. For someone who used to be very organized when she worked as an accountant, this form of writing seems somewhat chaotic, and that is probably why editing is so hard for me.

 

The solution to my problem with editing is to have a detailed outline before I start writing, then the scenes would be where they are supposed to be. I have an idea for a new novel and I am slowly working through the outline for that book. I guess I will see how that works.

Finding Atlantis by J M Dover

Authors, Books, J.M. Dover, review

Another great review from our friends at Tree Slices

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Finding AtlantisFinding Atlantis by J.M. Dover
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Alberta Author! Alberta Publisher!
Full disclosure:  I received a free copy of this book in exchange for a review
This book wasn’t my favourite. The story idea is interesting enough; a young boy travels through a magical whirlpool to Atlantis and discovers he has been brought there because he is one of only three children who can save the city from destruction – but the actual page by page recitation of those happenings didn’t have the impact I was hoping for. I did appreciate that the three main characters were all flawed individuals who still had to figure out how to work together even though they constantly got on each other’s nerves. Speaking of things that get on your nerves, I do look forward to a time where the prepubescent male protagonists stop complaining about how girls are always…

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