I really didn't think I'd finish mounting the "literary" version of this fifth episode by the end of the month, but I really have been fired up all week and lo and behold, here she is. It feels like my professional life is accelerating: Pat Dobie's wonderful editing incorporated into "Andy," Jeff Seymour's edit of "Send a Boy . . ." just a matter of weeks away, five episodes mounted on Wattpad and now about to begin on the teleplay for the sixth episode.
          I will put the link to "Libre" here in today's post and I've already added it to the Reads page.
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            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.