I can’t believe how single minded I was in getting my first book published. Definitely not my usual character which embraces many forms of procrastination. I just can’t apply myself in a steadfast way to stuff which doesn’t interest me. My second book does. I loved the story line and embraced the characters. Why the big slowdown?
Unlike the last time when I had to make a neverending series of costly corrections, I decided this time to be absolutely sure that the finished product was definitely finished. However what I learned is that reader fatigue comes with practiced work. After all this time, the words flow in my vision and I hardly have to read the pages. I have seen each one of the 65,000 words many times. I have written them, pondered them and applied them to paper so many times that even when the mind knows change is necessary, it can’t do it. I just don’t see it!
So I set my book aside. I immersed myself in writing another book for the online fanfic series which is almost done. Then and only then did I decide to review book II. Really, it was like looking at a new story. Not so many errors this time.
Making hard copies is useful for me. Perhaps that’s not true for everyone born of the computer generation but I grew up reading and hard copies make me feel secure.
So the final copy is off to the publishers. I look forward to getting the ‘hard copy’ from them. Nothing ever happens in isolation. My sister is a wonderful help in editing. She questions threads which don’t connect. Her new husband is an extraordinary photographer. His work is on the front and back cover.
Because I am writing here, I think excitement is beginning to thread through my veins.
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