The Week that was

Here's what I've been doing these past few days.

Proofreading Blinkers Off. Again.

I thought I was done with all the edits when the first round of editing was done by the editor at the publishers, but apparently I was wrong. For some reason, all the mistakes I'm weeding out were not visible to me when I saw it on MS Word, but now that I'm seeing it as a PDF of the book in the making, I'm amazed at the mistakes that I'm able to spot.

For me, writing and reading all boils down to a matter of perception. If I can't see blank paper below me, then I can't write properly. Which is why I will never probably write a book using my incredibly talented mobile phone (HTC Hero).

I never realised when MS Word took the place of an actual blank paper in my head. I cannot write on actual blank paper for that matter. It's not because the words don't flow as well, but it's because I think faster than I can write and my typing speed is almost on par with my thoughts. That makes me wonder if I did write using pen and paper, would the book that I end up writing turn out different? Well, I'm not going to be finding that out anytime soon.

I've missed the actual writing process this past week because of the proof reading that I've been doing. And I had no idea it was going to be such a boring, dead job. Especially since I know the story and the characters and their whims, it's become more annoying to read about them again and again and again. I'm currently on Chapter 47 and there are totally 50 chapters so I can finally see an end in sight. So far I've annoyed all my online friends so much that they've probably blocked me off by now, just so they don't have to hear me crib. He he!

Anyway, what was your week like? Care to let me know?