Sheesh, the days go by fast when you’re raising small people, writing, and packing in preparation to move. I feel better today after a couple of days of taking it easy. Only got a couple of hundred words yesterday, so today I’m back at it. The cleanup is going pretty well. I only really have a consistency issue in the scene I already know I have to rewrite (and how I’m going to do it), but it does raise a point I have to clarify early on, so I’m working on that.
Yes, I’m obsessive about my story cleanup and refining before I submit. I always worry that I’ve missed something. My editor appreciates it, and that’s always a good thing, a happy editor. I don’t think any author can afford to be the one who’s difficult to work with, creating uncessary work for others. Editors do a very vital job, but no editor should have to do MY job for me. If it’s something I could’ve fixed myself, it’s just sloppy not to. I have a Thing about sloppy work. It’s fine to be sloppy in the draft, but clean it up afterwards.
I’m very pleased with Wolf overall and I’m also happy that Jane’s Addiction is clicking along, too. I have that top of my list to kick out the door next, or I’m probably going to get lynched by people who have waited far too long for When Sparks Fly #2. And then the next Hal’s Heros installment. And then…yeah, I’m going to be busy into the next century. But today, I clean up more of Wolf.
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