Yes, I’ve been out of the loop the past couple of weeks … book deadline, college trip with my daughter, novella I’m writing with Laura, my daughter’s 18th birthday, and just yesterday I received 11 pages of notes from my editor on COMPULSION (Max Revere #2). The good news is that she loves the book and the story — and the other good news is that I have lots of revisions! Yes, I love revisions. I can take a good story and make it the best it can be because of editorial input. Most of the notes are about specifics (specific comments about a scene detail, awkward phrasing, need to be clearer or cut repetition, etc.) The big notes are in the first two pages and I spent yesterday making my own notes on her notes so that I know exactly how I’m going to fix the problems.
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