Breaking the 'Gotta Catch 'Em All' Syndrome

I turned SHADOW OF THE SUMMER MOON, the 2nd book in the Sakana Series, over to my editor for one last look through. I have no idea how many times I've read and reread and read again the first three manuscripts in my Sakana Series. Maybe I should've started keeping track way back in 2011 when I started writing these.

Then again, maybe it's better that I didn't.

The point is that no matter how many times I've gone over them, I still find little mistakes, misspellings, and just plain too many words - or not enough, (which is rare). Because I gotta catch 'em all. And, well, that's never gonna happen. One thing I've noticed is as soon as I'm finished going over a manuscript, I feel compelled to start all over again, ya know, just in case I missed something - again.

Yeah, I'm also one of those who will unravel an afghan because I found a dropped stitch 20 rows back. Luckily, for me, making a correction to a manuscript is much simpler. Still, getting to that point where I can save and close my manuscript and not obsess over it is a challenge.

Knowing I have more books to write is a great motivator. I've got a whole line up going on. I have something else to obsess over...

I mean...focus on.