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The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 363

4 July 2023
“Marc is waiting,” Evelyn said.

“Like he hasn’t caught you in the act before,” Clara replied, while breathing in Evelyn’s scent.

“True,” Evelyn said in those musical tones. “My suite has all the amenities, including a bed…”

“Right…”She pulled away and ran the zipper home. The dress was dusty, and so were they. Clara was sure to welcome a warm shower when the opportunity came up. That grit really got everywhere…

Note: The latest novel featuring Clara Grey, The Van Helsing Impetus is out now. The attached image is sourced from Pexels.
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The Van Helsing Impetus – Excerpt No. 302

4 May 2023
Evelyn: You’ve been naughty! 😘

Clara: Thanks! Totally worth it! You’ll love the dress. 😈

Evelyn: Oh? Do tell? 🥹

Clara: No. You’ll have to wait and see. We’ll be two Shebas going out to a clip joint after singing their declarations of independence.

Evelyn: It’s a date! 😁

Disclaimer: This excerpt from The Van Helsing Impetus is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth.
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Let the Beat Drop – Excerpt No. 4

5 March 2022
The most prudent course of action was to get Kaylee away from him and convince her to leave. She remembered hearing of some scheme that involved tricking a stranger into thinking the target was an ex who broke their heart. All to start a fight… like my high-school drama classes are going to cut it…

Disclaimer: This excerpt from Dark Hearts is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth. The image is sourced from Pixabay.
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The Voodoo You Do – Excerpt No. 6

4 March 2022
“Crying?” Julia asked.

Tears were not an unusual occurrence here. There were hard looks on a lot of faces of those coming off the trail. Such journeys were both physically and emotionally trying, a gruelling experience that needed an outlet… crying… getting plastered… or commit a murder.

Disclaimer: This excerpt from Dark Hearts is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth. The image is sourced from Pixabay.
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Evelyn Reads Get Ted Dead

20 February 2022
Rating: 4 out of 5.

Get Ted Dead is a post-mortal urban fantasy written by independent author Ross Young. This is the second book in the Gloomwood series and starts off a few months after Dead Heads ends.

Get Ted Dead by Ross Young

All the old characters are back in play. Time has not stood still in Gloomwood, attracting the attention of outside forces. For those of you familiar with the Beezy and Grim comics, you may guess who’s the lead instigator.

Like its predecessor, this novel covers multiple points of view. This story is more complex and nuanced, offering a fresh perspective on a dead world. Readers are rewarded with hints of other afterlives, more about the reapers, and what’s the deal with that teddy bear.

Get Ted Dead is a quick read that maintains the comedic standard of its predecessor. Fans of the original story will get a kick of seeing the world they knew get turned upside down.

Thirsty for more? Dead Festive is out now!
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Let the Beat Drop – Excerpt No. 2

24 December 2021
“Come…” John said sternly.

“No, James,” Kaylee said, “I’m done!”

“That’s my girl,” Julia whispered and realised how that outburst did not rouse any attention. Even in the worst dive Julia came across, the bartenders at least pretended to care… unless this is normal.

Kaylee recoiled away. Before Julia could think, she was standing, with every muscle twitching, ready to pounce.

“I said no!” Kaylee yelled.

“She said no!” Julia yelled.

Disclaimer: This excerpt from Dark Hearts is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth. The image is sourced from Pixabay.
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Special Delivery!

30 October 2020
Special delivery! I just got my manuscript for The Van Helsing Incursion back from the editor in the mail. So guess what I’ll be doing this weekend? That’s right, doing some editing!
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The Grand Remodeling

10 September 2018
What’s this? Is that a freshly printed manuscript of the Grand for copy editing? Yes! After the bulk of the heavy lifting was done with my latest work, I decided to follow some advice and work on remodeling my book.

How? As you might be able to tell from the image, this manuscript features dates accompanying major changes in era. This will hopefully make things easier for people to follow along.

This manuscript also features a heavy rewrite of the chapter which inspired the Van Helsing Paradox. A lot of changes were done in my latest work to clarify dialogue, so I felt these changes needed to be brought back to the source.

Once my copy editor is done with her changes, I will make sure to re-release eBooks and a print version to celebrate. Exciting!

Hmm, I wonder how many refills of red ink she will need?
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The Van Helsing Paradox’s Pseudo Math

5 September 2018
What does: 1 manuscript; 15 revision cycles; 17 chapters; 1350 annotations made during copy editing; and 63631 words add up to? Good question. The beginning of the end!
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A Quick Revision Update

26 April 2018
Since Revision 3 was completed on 22 Jan 2018, three more revisions were completed for the Van Helsing Paradox. These revisions all aimed at improving the overall readability of the manuscript.Of note there were 1827 revisions and a averaged 38 words between corrections for Revision 3. This followed the trends noted during my review of the Grand and that remains true with this project. The particulars of the cycles are as follows:

Revision 4
- Revisions – 928
- Revisions per Word – 70
Revision 5
- Revisions – 825
- Revisions per Word – 78
Revision 6
- Revisions – 788
- Revisions per Word – 147
The Revisions per Word metric is the most telling, every additional revision leads to fewer corrections to make. While corrections do tend to be grouped together in the manuscript, I can now read pages at a time without making any notes. This trend is expected to continue until the Revisions to make number under 100. That’s normally my cue to send it off to my editor for polish prior to release.
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