Reading is Harder Than Writing

Or, I should say, having people read what you wrote is harder than writing what you wrote. By far. Today someone I respect very much who finished Lost Edens last night asked, "did you have an editor or what?"

Eeek. Wasn't sure where he was going with the question. I had two editors, an executive editor for the project, a proofreader, and a total of about 20 early readers who gave feedback. A question like "did you have an editor or what?" could be either recognition of the polish or recognition of the mistakes (I sent 10 more adjustments to be made before the final, final draft goes to print on Friday).

I sheepishly responded and he said "yeah, I could tell. It was clean. Really clean."

Whew!

Then I pointed out I missed a lay versus lie that will be changed before the final and he, in turn, sheepishly responded, "yeah. I did see that one."

A writer's work is never done. And an editor's work is endless.

Quick shout-out to one of the first readers of the earliest drafts of Lost Edens, who also happens to be a fantastic editor and friend: Sue Greenberg. If you need a rewrite gal, she's your gal!