Yes, you see that correctly. I typed The End today. Now the real work begins. - First editorial pass
- Developmental editor
- Rewrites
- Copy editor
- Rewrites
- Proofreader
- Rewrites
- One more proof out loud.
- Then if I’m lucky I have a book.
I’ve been beavering away which is why this blog is a day late. I’m doing the happy dance at the moment, but tomorrow I hope to get all more most of a newsletter done. Then that editorial pass before I hand it over to an editor. The story in question is “Here and Now,” and it is part of Forevers in Fenwick for the Bluestocking Belles. A bell will do that developmental edit. But first, coffee