Whenever an author has a new book coming out it seems that tweaking is a word that gets bounced around a lot. During the editing progress, we tweak the story so many times that sometimes we actually finds ourselves untweaking the very sentences we tweaked a few days back.
Is “untweak” an actual word? How’s that for confusing?
There’s the title that can go through tweaking as well. The title an author first gives a book doesn’t always end up being final. Sometimes, the title is tweaked a little. Bitter, Sweet started out as Bittersweet. Flying with a Broken Wing was originally Fly, with a Broken Wing. My editor said that all she could think of was a fly with a broken wing. Okay, so that made me laugh when she said this. But you get the idea. But sometimes the title is totally different from the one the author orginally gave it. The title of my next book is Dear Dad but originally was Right to Die. Believe me, Dear Dad is a much better fit.
The truth is when an author submits a story, it has to have a title. We don’t always know what that title should be. But we know that if a publisher accepts the story they will come up with a title everyone likes, the author included.
Book covers are also tweaked. Sometimes the image that goes into the publisher,s catalogue is not the exact cover that goes on the book. Tweaking continues until the image gets to a place where everyone is happy. That means the author as well.
The cover to my upcoming book will be tweaked a bit before it goes to print. But that’s the thing with tweaking. Sometimes no one notices those tweaks except the author and the publisher becasue they are so small.
Right now, my book is available for pre-order on Amazon. Yes, really! With a release date of Novemember.
If you’d like to see the pre-tweaked cover here’s the link . Keep in mind, that some small changes will be made before the book is actually published. Those tweaks can go on right up until the book goes to print if need be.
I’m really excited about this next book. It is totally different from all my others. There’s also a blurb on Amazon if you want to see what it’s all about.
Thats my news. Now back to writing.
Laura Best 