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Welcome to the New Look Xanthewalter.com

by Xanthe Walter | Sep 6, 2014 | News

We’ve had a redesign at Xanthewalter.com – I hope you like the new look! It should be easier to navigate as well as being prettier and more modern. Thank you so much to Jacci for all her hard work in developing the new look – I’m really thrilled with it. We have a...

New Writing Blog Entry!

by Xanthe Walter | Jul 26, 2014 | News

I’m now 160,000 words into my new story, and I feel it’s time to do a special writing blog about it. At first, I was worried by how long the story was turning out to be – you know me, and what a perennial worry this is for me! However, I felt the length was justified...

Writing Blog – Entry Six: It’s the Final Countdown!

by Xanthe Walter | Oct 31, 2012 | News

I feel like I’ve been a novel-hermit for the past couple of months, so I’m looking forward to publishing it and then, frankly, having lots of fun going out and doing stuff! Luckily, it’s my birthday on 11/11, so I have lots of nice things planned. I’m going to see...

Writing Blog – Entry Five: Formatting, Fonts, ISBNs and Hard Copies

by Xanthe Walter | Oct 6, 2012 | News

I’m in the middle of yet another edit, trying to smooth and improve, and easing out any final clunkiness. When that’s done I’ll do my hard copy edit which is where I print it out and go through it, marking things up with a pen. It’s amazing how many small, stupid...

Writing Blog – Entry Four: More Funkorama…and Marketing!

by Xanthe Walter | Sep 12, 2012 | News

Now the novel is off to beta, I seem to be going through another funk. Really, this has been a rollercoaster of an experience. I think it’ll be useful to me in the future to remember I felt this way! I always forget with each long story all the hard patches with...