Celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas – One Day at a Time

“But Jiminy Crickets, it is the 28th of December! Is it not too late for the 12 Days of Christmas?” you say.

Not to fear, Chanticleerians! The 12 Days of Christmas begins on December 26th! And it continues to the 6th of January – Three Kings Day. The four weeks leading up to Christmas is known as the Advent.

Some say that December 25th is the first day of Christmas, but we are going with the medieval date of the 26th because revelry could not take place on the 25th as it was a holy day. And the Twelve Days of Christmas is about revelry!

So if you haven’t finished wrapping presents, sending out those cards, and baking cookies—don’t worry—you’ve got an extra 10 days!

Happy Holidays to You from the Chanticleer Team! 

On the third day of Christmas, my true love sent to me

Three French hens (Chanticleer’s favorite #justsaying)

Two turtle doves

And a partridge in a pear tree 

Three French Hens by Kate Chidley

The Three French Hens represent Faith, Hope, and Charity.

In France, it is tradition to have thirteen desserts (Les Treize) desserts at the Le Reveillon—Christmas Eve Dinner that begins about 8 p.m. and continues until well past midnight. Desserts may consist of Buche de Noel, cookie assortments (each different kind counts), nougats, candied fruits, nuts, and so on.

On the Third Day of Christmas, Chanticleer brings to me…

Three Editorial Services

Line Editing

If your story still has developmental issues (dialogue, plotting, character development, etc.), your work would benefit from a Line Edit. Line Editing is a line-by-line edit to make sure that each sentence pushes the story forward and creates just the right amount of pacing and tension. Each and every word should count! This is a collaborative edit that is done with the author in approximate chunks of seventy pages at a time.

Copy Editing

A Style Sheet Guide is created that is the basis of your story bible. A Style Sheet Guide will ensure that your characters’ names, place names, conventions (examples are: Happy Christmas instead of Merry Christmas or blond or blonde or using kilometers instead of miles), jargon, pet names, time frame, and more — the attention to detail that will set your work apart from the fray.

Proofreading

A proof read with a third set of fresh eyes is the final reading to catch the inevitable typos and glitches.

Why Take the Time for all these services?

No one knows a book like their author, and still, it’s crucial to have multiple sets of eyes on the work. Chanticleer’s Editorial Services are competitively priced, and can help take your book to the next level needed for publication or querying agents and publishers.