Any night owls out there??

[Keira 8888]

Am wide awake next to snoring husband.

Head full of thoughts ranging from Christmas wrapping to... well, god knows anything!

Why can’t I sleep!!!

And why is a snoring husband SO unbelievably frustrating!!

 

[rara007]

Yup...

 

[Keira 8888]

Yay! A fellow non sleeper!

 

[nikicb]

I am a night owl!! Literally just finished wrapping husband's presents. Now going to do a late night check on the horses and let the dogs out, then zzzzzzzzzzz. Sleep well. xx

 

[Keira 8888]

Best time of the day to get things done!

 

[Keira 8888]

I am a night owl!! Literally just finished wrapping husband's presents. Now going to do a late night check on the horses and let the dogs out, then zzzzzzzzzzz. Sleep well. xx

You too xxx

 

[Caol Ila]

OH is fast asleep, and I am pacing around the internet like a fencewalking horse. Welcome to my world.

 

[fidleyspromise]

It tends to be a snoring ? rather than snoring hubby here.

 

[Keira 8888]

OH is fast asleep, and I am pacing around the internet like a fencewalking horse. Welcome to my world.

Same here! My mind seems to crave knowledge from google the minute the husband and kids are asleep! My internet history is a bizarre read!!

 

[Caol Ila]

"Same here! My mind seems to crave knowledge from google the minute the husband and kids are asleep! My internet history is a bizarre read!!"

Mine is pretty weird. MI5 probably has me on a watch-list because I am writing a novel about homicide detectives (not calling it a crime novel, because that's a specific thing, and it ain't that), so I often Google things around forensics, firearms, etc.

 

[Keira 8888]

Ah! Are you writing right now?

 

[Caol Ila]

Sort of. I've been editing it for.... some... years now but it's at a point where it needs to be done. I finished a final(?) draft today. I'm really just pacing the internet at the moment and hoping to find inspiration for a proper title.

I'm actually looking at photos of some guy's 225g fish tank on a fishy forum. In other words, I'm achieving nothing.

 

[Keira 8888]

Sort of. I've been editing it for.... some... years now but it's at a point where it needs to be done. I finished a final(?) draft today. I'm really just pacing the internet at the moment and hoping to find inspiration for a proper title.

Congratulations! That is awesome you finished it!

Your title will come to you....

 

[Caol Ila]

Congratulations! That is awesome you finished it!

Your title will come to you....

Cheers.

I've been saying that for three months now.

 

[Keira 8888]

Do you have an agent?

 

[Caol Ila]

Nope. It's all me.

 

[Keira 8888]

So how are you going to get published? Are you going to send a sample through chapters out?

 

[Caol Ila]

You can send stuff to some publishers unagented. Or you can DIY the whole damned process. If you can handle the formatting techie faff, you can make very professional books. I've shied away from going the agent/trad publisher route. Maybe because I fear rejection? Maybe I don't want to wait years? Maybe because sending query letters sucks the life out of your soul? All of the above? Anyway, I would struggle to get anyone to look at this, given it's about 230,000 words long.

 

[Keira 8888]

So are you thinking of self publishing? Maybe distributing on Amazon?

 

[Caol Ila]

Yeah. I did that with the first one.

 

[Keira 8888]

Well fair play to you - takes a lot of dedication and skill to see it through to the end x

 

[Caol Ila]

Yeah, cheers. Pretty sure that reading a review of Bryan Cranston's new show will not help me find a title, either. Show also looks a bit pants.

 

[Squeak]

Another night owl here, went to sleep, woke up, mind went buzzing round on 101 things that need to be done and so still awake.

CI congratulations for finishing the first draft.

 

[awelshandawarmblood]

I'm up too - 12hr night shift number 2 of 3

 

[KEK]

Me 4, however feel I am cheating slightly as it’s 12:30 pm. However have been up since 3:30am.. lol

 

[Red-1]

I am an early sleeper, but also early riser. Sadly, mum's dog, who we have recently inherited, gets up at 5.22 am regular as clockwork and then insists the rest of the house gets u with him

 

[2ndtimearound]

Mine is pretty weird. MI5 probably has me on a watch-list because I am writing a novel about homicide detectives (not calling it a crime novel, because that's a specific thing, and it ain't that), so I often Google things around forensics, firearms, etc.

Could be worse, I’m a copy-editor/proofreader, and sometimes do a level of fact checking depending on the publisher/author whose book I’m working on, so my Google history is all over the place! ? BTW, if you do decide to self-publish via a publisher that does that, I’d happily give you a recommendation or two (and who to avoid!); just drop me a PM.

 

[bubsqueaks]

Definitely recommend ear plugs - my husbands a chronic snorer & since buying them 3 years ago rarely have a problem - they do take some getting used to as theres a knack to putting them in - I started off just using one as two was uncomfortable but soon got used to them - opted for Mac slim purple ones as have small canals - honest you wont look back!

 

[Caol Ila]

Could be worse, I’m a copy-editor/proofreader, and sometimes do a level of fact checking depending on the publisher/author whose book I’m working on, so my Google history is all over the place! ? BTW, if you do decide to self-publish via a publisher that does that, I’d happily give you a recommendation or two (and who to avoid!); just drop me a PM.

OH can do all of the techie stuff, and I made my own imprint on the last one. So we're good in that department. If you know anyone who can help with marketing, on the other hand.... That's where I really struggle.

I also find copy-editing/proofreading challenging, as my eyes and brain just glaze over typos no matter how many times I reread it. It's odd. Relying on MS Word spellcheck to pick stuff up, but any suggestions?

 

[vhf]

OH can do all of the techie stuff, and I made my own imprint on the last one. So we're good in that department. If you know anyone who can help with marketing, on the other hand.... That's where I really struggle.

I also find copy-editing/proofreading challenging, as my eyes and brain just glaze over typos no matter how many times I reread it. It's odd. Relying on MS Word spellcheck to pick stuff up, but any suggestions?

Try proof-reading from the bottom of the page upwards. You don't read what you know you meant then, you read what's actually there. Not fool-proof, but definitely helps! (Used to work in publishing, and a would-be author if I could just pull my finger out...)