Abby Jimenez
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Like right before we're probably going to proofreading is when I will send it to her because I don't want there to be any additional changes that she has not laid her eyes on. And it's not a foolproof system.
Like right before we're probably going to proofreading is when I will send it to her because I don't want there to be any additional changes that she has not laid her eyes on. And it's not a foolproof system.
You know, obviously not everybody is going to pick up on every single thing because with so many people reading your books, you know, one thing that you might not even think of might be very different from somebody else's experience and might rub them wrong. But it's the due diligence. I always try and do my due diligence.
You know, obviously not everybody is going to pick up on every single thing because with so many people reading your books, you know, one thing that you might not even think of might be very different from somebody else's experience and might rub them wrong. But it's the due diligence. I always try and do my due diligence.
You know, obviously not everybody is going to pick up on every single thing because with so many people reading your books, you know, one thing that you might not even think of might be very different from somebody else's experience and might rub them wrong. But it's the due diligence. I always try and do my due diligence.
I have advisors on every single one of my books to go over the more difficult topics in my books. Depending on what the book is, like for Part of Your World, there was a theme of emotional and mental abuse and domestic violence. I had three domestic violence advocates.
I have advisors on every single one of my books to go over the more difficult topics in my books. Depending on what the book is, like for Part of Your World, there was a theme of emotional and mental abuse and domestic violence. I had three domestic violence advocates.
I have advisors on every single one of my books to go over the more difficult topics in my books. Depending on what the book is, like for Part of Your World, there was a theme of emotional and mental abuse and domestic violence. I had three domestic violence advocates.
read that book to make sure that I got the language correct and that, you know, the things that I was depicting were harmless or, you know, perhaps providing a roadmap out for people. Um, and again, you don't always get it right. You try though, you don't always get it right.
read that book to make sure that I got the language correct and that, you know, the things that I was depicting were harmless or, you know, perhaps providing a roadmap out for people. Um, and again, you don't always get it right. You try though, you don't always get it right.
read that book to make sure that I got the language correct and that, you know, the things that I was depicting were harmless or, you know, perhaps providing a roadmap out for people. Um, and again, you don't always get it right. You try though, you don't always get it right.
Um, and it's something that I've really started doing, especially after the friend zone, you know, I didn't know what I didn't know when I wrote that book and it's become a big part of my process to make sure that I, um, put out books that are authentic and accurate and harmless.
Um, and it's something that I've really started doing, especially after the friend zone, you know, I didn't know what I didn't know when I wrote that book and it's become a big part of my process to make sure that I, um, put out books that are authentic and accurate and harmless.
Um, and it's something that I've really started doing, especially after the friend zone, you know, I didn't know what I didn't know when I wrote that book and it's become a big part of my process to make sure that I, um, put out books that are authentic and accurate and harmless.
No, I think that's my ultimate goal. Yeah. And do people know that you do that? Have you ever talked about that?
No, I think that's my ultimate goal. Yeah. And do people know that you do that? Have you ever talked about that?
No, I think that's my ultimate goal. Yeah. And do people know that you do that? Have you ever talked about that?
you know, asked a cardiologist about that. Oh, she was actually speaking to, you know, a memory care nurse, you know, it'll just say the person's name. Um, but every single one of my books, I get advisors, sensitivity readers. It's very important to me in a big part of my process.
you know, asked a cardiologist about that. Oh, she was actually speaking to, you know, a memory care nurse, you know, it'll just say the person's name. Um, but every single one of my books, I get advisors, sensitivity readers. It's very important to me in a big part of my process.
you know, asked a cardiologist about that. Oh, she was actually speaking to, you know, a memory care nurse, you know, it'll just say the person's name. Um, but every single one of my books, I get advisors, sensitivity readers. It's very important to me in a big part of my process.