Editing and the number 100

"Editing continues."

There are many occasions when a report of my writing activities looks drab and unexciting like that. After all, what could be so dull as editing?

My friends, if only I could share with you the feeling. A story is emerging before my eyes, formed by the incremental sifting of language. I'm making discoveries about the characters - things that might have been buried in my unconscious mind, but which are brought to light by the process of continually rewriting sentences and paragraphs. The Queen of all Crows is at the cusp of becoming a novel.

So far, a handful of people have seen the opening act of the book. But no one has seen the whole thing. Once I've finished editing through the entire novel - in the next few days - I'll be able to show it to some of my trusted Beta readers. All my experience tells me that the book is working, that it is going to be well received. But my emotions are shouting: "Help! What if they hate it?" We will soon find out.

One Hundred Reviews

Mathematically, the difference between 99 and 100 is 1. But emotionally, 100 seems to carry an added significance. A few days ago, I noticed that...

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