The Joys of Editing (or maybe not)

After the wonderful wild rush of happiness that comes with finishing the first draft of a book, I’m always eager to begin the first read-through. After all, didn’t I just spend months researching and creating and pushing myself through writer’s block and worrying that it wouldn’t all come together? And now—it has! Miracle of miracles, there’s a real book that didn’t exist before, a new set of characters to whom I’ve become very attached, a mystery and a solution.

Of course I’m excited to read...