Monthly Archives: May 2008

Soul Enchilada Scary Book Trailer

Soul Enchilada Bug Book Trailer

Soul Enchi­lada Book Trailer (Bug Ver­sion) from David Gill on Vimeo.

Anatomy of a Final Revision

The last of the man­u­script arrived at 6:06 PM, a day and half later than expected.This both­ered my won­der­ful pub­lisher friends more than it did me because they have dead­lines to meet, mar­ket­ing to do, etc. Me, all I have to do is accept some spot-on line edits and do a lit­tle seed­ing here and

Round 2: Words That Strike Fear Into My Skeevy Little Heart

Round Two of revi­sions was the same as Round 1, but dif­fer­ent. Same, in that the edi­to­r­ial notes included line-edits and mar­gin­a­lia, as well as a short edi­to­r­ial let­ter (address­ing two major issues that I’ll describe below). Dif­fer­ent in that AEV’s notes came at two dif­fer­ent times—the first half of the novel one week, the

Revisions? The Computer Says No

The next two blog entries were are going to be about rounds 2 and 3 of Soul Enchi­lada. I learned scads about writ­ing doing these revi­sions. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that I became a writer some­where dur­ing the con­ve­nience store scene, some­where between the Vienna sausages and canned chili. In writ­ing about

FLYLEAF BOOKS Hosts Authors for CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK

On May 16, I’ll join sev­eral of my fel­low SCBWI Car­oli­nas authors for a group sign­ing at Fly­leaf Books in Chapel Hill. Although I’ve lived in NC for over a decade, this will be my first visit to Chapel Hill. Hope I don’t lost!  Here’s the press release: Chapel Hill, NC, May 16, 2010—Local author