Finishing is a problem for some writers, even some good ones so it seems. Of the challenges I face in my storytelling, finishing is way down on my list. Even so, it’s always a good feeling to thump the manuscript down and declare, “Well, that’s done.”
I’ve been reminding myself to post on this blog week after week since, let’s see, about mid-October. Blogging regularly is much more of a challenge for me than finishing my stories. That makes today a good day because here’s my post.
I contracted with a freelance editor, a woman named Pat Dobie and she finished her part of our work at the end of November. I have been incorporating her edits and suggestions over the last six weeks and as of this morning, I thumped “Andy” down and declared, “Well, that’s done.”
I am really happy with the services Pat delivered and would recommend her to anyone wanting a keen editorial eye and a good sense of story structure and mechanics. I think my voice and style survived the editing process and I’m convinced the manuscript is better for the changes.
Not that it was easy . . .
The next step is to seduce an agent or publisher with said manuscript. Allow me to quote from the top of the second page:
“No challenge there,” he [Andy] says to the empty room, all the while calculating the incredible odds against that ideal outcome.
Life is kinda fun sometimes.
I’ve been reminding myself to post on this blog week after week since, let’s see, about mid-October. Blogging regularly is much more of a challenge for me than finishing my stories. That makes today a good day because here’s my post.
I contracted with a freelance editor, a woman named Pat Dobie and she finished her part of our work at the end of November. I have been incorporating her edits and suggestions over the last six weeks and as of this morning, I thumped “Andy” down and declared, “Well, that’s done.”
I am really happy with the services Pat delivered and would recommend her to anyone wanting a keen editorial eye and a good sense of story structure and mechanics. I think my voice and style survived the editing process and I’m convinced the manuscript is better for the changes.
Not that it was easy . . .
The next step is to seduce an agent or publisher with said manuscript. Allow me to quote from the top of the second page:
“No challenge there,” he [Andy] says to the empty room, all the while calculating the incredible odds against that ideal outcome.
Life is kinda fun sometimes.
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