Editing...DONE! But...

So I got a call from my "editor", or, if you may, my friend Ketha. SHe has gone through, read it, and has given me some suggestions for some changes, and additions, to the book. I am super excited, you guys! I already know what I want to add, so I'm excited to see what she has for me. And of course, I've had to explain to her why I didn't add some things to the story...it's called "I don't want to explain the whole creation of the universe story to my readers!" So get ready, people...it's almost here!

I have been slacking!

Okay, so the book is finished, it's being reviewed, but I haven't been posting my progress. I need to check with my "editor" to see where she is in the editing process. Meanwhile, I've been working on the second book. May be I should work on one project at a time. That would be a great idea, if my brain wasn't trying to do 50 million things at once! I need to slow the brain down or else I've go into overload and never finish what I've started. I am a slow bunny, of course. So shoot me! Anyway, just wanted to let you all know that I have been working on the book. So let me contact this child and see what's she's been doing!

15 chapters down, 10 more to go...

That's editing, that is. I have someone reviewing as I review and make changes. We hope to have this done soon because I am just so excited to get this book out there. Other than that, no other updates. No more additional characters, name chages, but there have been some location changes. I had to...I had people going one place when they're supposed to be somewhere else. Man, I was just all over the place with this book...too much inside my head...must get stuff out!

I think there are more changes to come...

I've been on the mental warpath lately. I actually have been adding stuff to the book. I swear, it's turned into a manuscript monster! I've also been reading up on some publishing companies, what they require and all. I think all of this reading is psyching me out, so I had to chill for a bit and concentrate on the second book. It's a whole other moster of it's own.

All of that concerntration made me leave my jump drive at home. Yup! All of that thinking made me leave it hooked into my laptop. No worries...just means that I will work on it when I get home. Oh, the JOY!

Well, guess what I've been doing?

Revisions, revisions, and what? More revisions! I have been making so many changes, I think I've even changed some of the characters' underwear. I'm not kidding. Clothing has changed, eye colors have changed, hair has changed. I've changed so much stuff, it's crazy. Makes me think back to the "A Different World" episode that Duane Wayne had of the 1992 President Election, and Whitley was singing this song about change....CHAAAAAAANGE! I can change, you can change, we both can change, can you spare some change? CHAAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAANGE!

Anyway, it's all for the best...not better, because I want it to be at its best when I submit it. YAY! GO CHANGE!

Editing DONE!

Okay, I'm done editing the book. I've read through it, several times making changes, changing names, events, all kinds of things. And I think I'm ready for a test reader. I've already chosen her, and now I need to call her. Ugh! I don't know what to think about this! I am just so glad to have gotten this thing done, and soon, I will have it out there for folks to read. I am uber excited about it! WOO HOO!! Okay, it's late, the baby is asleep, so I'm just a bit more excited than usual. Don't kill me about it. Anyway, I'M DONE!!

Well, back to work!

I've stepped up the editing again. I've been making some changes to the story, adding some things, taking things out. Trying to make sure that the book doesn't read like cooking instructions rather than telling an interesting tale. All the while, I'm trying to think about my target audience. Would they read it? I know what I like, but how would other's like it? At first, I really didn't think about it because I was like "I have a story to tell, and I need to get it out before it drives me insane!" Now that I'm done writing it and I'm going back to read through what I have, I'm trying to make some changes. I want it to flow properly. I don't want it to seem like I'm condescending, trying not to make those who are reading my book feel like they're not smart enough to read it. I want it to be fun, interesting, again, tell a story.

So far, it's going better than I thought. I'm just about to the point where I'm liking the book. I guess you should like your own book if you're wanting to get it out there to other folks. Well, it's getting better now. Soon I will be shopping for a publisher. I just spoke with my aunt about it. One of her co-workers just got her book published. Actually, I may speak with one of my co-workers who just had her book published. Man, this is just so much work! And to think, I have two other books in the works. I have them outlined, just need to add the right words.

Well, anyway, that's about all. I'm going to get back to the book and let the wee one watch the rest of Ice Age: The Meltdown. She is just so excited about this movie. Too funny!

Okay, back to work!