The Edits Are Nearly Done @Solsticepublish

Responses to my cover reveal have been very positive.  It excites me and spurs me to finish my edits.  Editing is so much different from writing.  When you are writing you are wild and free to do whatever you want with all care is thrown to the wind.  Writing is a huge rush of creative energy and one of the greatest joys I know.  In a sense it is like owning a Ferrari.  When you are out driving it (Which I have never actually done) you feel alive and exhilarated.  The problem I have always been told with cars like that, however, is that they tend to spend a lot of time in the shop.  The more you drive your Ferrari, the more work needs to be done to keep it going.  Editing is a lot like having the car in the shop.  It’s not fun.  It’s work.  You must go over every word you have written and have it write.  This is your last chance to make any corrections before your fans see and judge your work.  It is no time for having fun.  I say again, it is not time for fun.  Nevertheless, every time I get into the edits for “Sapphire Crucible” I find myself caught up in the story and forgetting myself.  Then I have to go back and reread the section from an editor’s perspective.  That is the reason the edits have taken so long.  I expect to have them finished this week.  After that it will be a short step to the publishing of the book.  I can’t wait.  When you’re working on that Ferrari in the shop, all you can think about is taking it out on the open road again.  I just have some adjustments to make to have this baby purring like a kitten.  If you want to be up to speed when “Sapphire Crucible” comes out you need to read “Quest for the Red Sapphire.”  It’s a great novel in itself and sets up the racetrack for the sequel.  I hope you all come along for the ride!