So, I’ve been swept up editing my upcoming novel. It’s not the first time but I’m hoping it’s the last time before I send it out to a professional. And Proof-Readers and Beta Readers and so on. There are multiple levels that a book passes through before it hits the market and I’m learning just how many there are. However, self-editing is the first step, then the second and then the third and so on and so on. Until you polish things enough to let a professional take an axe to it. Still, even after you recognize it’s necessary, sometimes it can be rather hard…

And so it goes. When your dealing with any creative project what takes out, can be just as important as what is left in. Yet, when you’re trying to trim “your baby” things get complicated. Loss of perspective is inevitable. However, it is a necessary step because there are few readers who will take a chance on a new author’s 700 + page tome.

So, that’s where I am at the moment. Tons of fun…maybe a few tears. After all, “It’s so BRILLIANT!”

I’ll release more details of this journey as I go and hope you’ll come with me. But if you’d like to join in with other stories of adventure, check out our graphic novels, The Sorcerer’s Children, Volumes 1 to 3 and The Adventures Of Astrodog, Volumes 1 and 2.

Now, back to crying – I mean editing.