Tag: revisions

• Let the countdown begin…

  We can start counting down because DEVIL IN THE DAYLIGHT is out of edits and into production!! Soon I’ll be able to share things like the cover reveal, signups for Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs), pre-order links, and more! For now, the most recent update I have is we are targeting a November 4th release date.  …

  annieatkin

  September 4, 2025

  Blood and Water, Devil in the Daylight, writing

  Blood and Water, books, Devil in the Daylight, drafts, editing, enemies to lovers, fiction, historical fiction, love, manuscript, novel, publishing, redemption, revisions, romance, sequel, sticks and stones, stories, story, updates, western, writing, young adult

• Devil in the Daylight

  

  Quick update on Blood and Water: I’ve been sent back to the drawing board with some suggestions from agents to revise and resubmit. I also read through it again recently, after having shelved it for almost a year, and I flippin loved it. So the good news is I have a spark of hope reignited…

  annieatkin

  February 16, 2021

  Devil in the Daylight, writing

  books, characters, couples, craft, Devil in the Daylight, drafts, dreams, editing, fiction, hope, inspiration, life, love, manuscript, memories, novel, publishing, queries, redemption, reflections, revisions, stories, story, trust, western, writing, young adult

• Never-Ending Edits

  I’m currently on draft number who-even-knows-anymore of my work in progress, Blood and Water. The cool thing is, every time I finish a draft, I feel really confident in it, like it’s the best I could ever accomplish. (To be fair, it really is my best work at that point in my life.) Then I…

  annieatkin

  August 7, 2019

  Behind the Scenes, writing

  books, drafts, editing, love, revisions, stories, writing