Patience. Yes, that’s
what I need; patience. My 3rd
book was assigned to an editor in August.
Still all is quiet from their end.
My mind begins to race. “What if
it is full of errors and is taking a long time to edit?” “What if the editor only works on it
periodically.” “What if the editor hasn’t
even started it yet?” I reached out and
emailed the editor and heard back a week later that she was swamped and there
was much to do on my book. Ouch. That doesn’t sound promising. That was a
month ago. I don’t want to tick off the
person editing my book but I am anxious to get it published; hopefully before
Christmas. Every day I open my email
with new found hope that something will be there. Every day I am disappointed. I want to email again but I’m sure the editor
is aware of my book and does not want to hear a writer nagging them. So, what am I left with? I wait and wait. Right now, I need patience. But it will not be long before my patience
wears thin and I use my writing skills to draft an email. It’s like someone’s testing one of your
children and you’re in the hall outside waiting, and waiting, and waiting. In the end there is little you can do but
have patience. So that is my goal.
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