If I were a baker I would love baking the cake from
scratch. It is the decorating and
finishing I would find tedious. I adore
writing books. It is the most fun thing
in the world to me. Editing is not. I have the manuscript for my third book, “Mandrean
Revenge” (I get excited just saying the name.)
It is now time to edit. You would
think after so much writing I wouldn’t have many corrections but I would be
wrong in that thinking. Perhaps it’s
good to have so many errors found. That
means fewer were missed and it wouldn’t need to be re-edited like the first
books. On the other hand, some of these “corrections”
are simply wrong. For example, the name
of the gem IS the Red Sapphire. That’s
not a description. It’s a title. Likewise, its counterpart is the Blue
Sapphire. They need to be
capitalized. The editor unknowingly took
the capitals out of the entire book.
That’s a lot of fixing on my part.
To be fair though, most of the corrections needed are my fault. It’s not easy to see your work pulled apart
but it makes you a better writer. Constructive
criticism is a very effective learning tool.
This editor seems civil and that makes the whole process much easier to
handle when someone is basically insulting your baby. (See previous blogs on the subject) So in my spare time I will be sifting through the
edits and correcting what is needed.
What’s important is that when I’m done, my third book will be ready to
publish. The hairs on my neck stand on
end just thinking about it. Until then I
will decorate my cake and take the time to do it right, even though I just want
it to be iced and done. Time to get back
to it.
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