The reason why there wasn't any new content showing up here was those titular Copyedits for Crow's Rest.
I'd been a little nervous about getting them in my email because I've heard from authors how hard they can be--and they weren't wrong. These edits were definitely a monopolizer of my time and energy over the last few weeks!
The document became so cluttered with comments, changes, and countercomments that I eventually had to accept all changes and strip the comment boxes just to see how the flow was affected.
But when it comes down to it, the copyeditor is one more person on your side, invested in making your book stand out in a crowded YA market (or whatever your genre/category is). And when I felt myself whining too much, I also reminded myself that each strikeout or addition was one step closer to having a finished, printed book (or ARC) in my hand.
I tried to keep that in mind and rise to the challenge, and I hope I succeeded (my editor approved the changes, so yay!).
So here's to moving forward on that road to a real book!
1 comments:
Yay! Yes, that is definitely time consuming! My computer is so old, the last time I was running the track changes option, Word would freeze like seven times a day! (I was doing screen shots to remember my last few edits, then forcing Word to quit, then opening it again! UGH.)
So glad you're past that and closer to the end product! Woot!
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