Fixing the mistakes! Â A daunting process to say the least. Â But as I went back to the very beginning of Behind the Mask, and read it word or word, the rawness of it hit me like a tsunami. Â It was definitely choppy reading and didn’t flow. Â And as I read through it picking out the typos and grammatical errors, there was a part of me that wanted to just start over and rewrite the entire book. But then I thought, this was my baby, so it’s imperfect and has flaws. If I went back and changed it up too much, it would lose its authenticity. Â At least, that’s my thinking. Â I also still stick by my mantra of you can’t please everyone, and not everybody is going to like my stories. Because even though the chapters might be choppy, I still believe the story itself is good and the characters are root-worthy. Â Again, some might not think so, but it is what it is.
Writing-wise, the sequel, UNMASKED, is better by leaps and bounds.  Not choppy and flows with ease.  But when it came to writing that book, I had more experience and a first, novel under my belt. I felt more confident too when people would ask about my writing.  With the first book, I never fully felt sure of myself when someone would ask about the book.  In fact, the running joke used to be…”Oh you’re writing a novel, when will it be available?” and my stock answer, “Don’t hold your breath!” Looking back on that, makes me laugh because I actually followed through and not only completed one novel but two!  A fact I sometimes still find hard to believe myself.
But I digress, jumping back to Behind the Mask, I corrected most of the glaring typos, although a few might have still slipped through. Â And fixed many of the grammatical and spelling errors. Â However, the thing about fiction writing these days, or at least from what I’ve read, an author can write in his/her own way, and the old rules don’t seem to apply. Â And for someone like me, that’s a good thing, cause I think my writing style is very unconventional. Â That said, it doesn’t excuse the errors.
I’ve updated both the paperback and Kindle versions. Â Though, it doesn’t appear that Amazon alerts previous buyers that an updated Kindle version is avaiable.