I am currently proofreading the manuscript for my third book.
Due to various reasons, I haven't looked at it for more than two years. On the one hand, this is deeply unsatisfying for my publishing speed.
On the other hand, leaving the manuscript alone for so long has permitted my to view it with fresh eyes, and as a result I am finding something to improve with each and every one of the 100 tales in this book.
So maybe it _is_ a good idea to take long breaks in the major milestones of the "assemble manuscript -> alpha reader stage -> beta reader stage" process.
But in order to increase my publishing speed, maybe I should work on several books in parallel. That is to say, when I have put any given manuscript through the alpha reader stage, I should start assembling the _next_ volume before moving on to the beta reader stage with the first manuscript.
Does any other author out here work on multiple books in parallel?
#amwriting
Jürgen Hubert
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