After almost a year, nine drafts, two independent editors, a series of beta readers, two critique groups, and a few rejections, I was tired of looking at the word file that was my novel's manuscript. I still believed in the story and characters and felt good about my writing though. Both the professional editors I'd worked with and the betas had raved at about, as had my crit group members. I'd polished and polished. But still had not achieved what I wanted -- holding the finished book in ...
Published on September 04, 2010 11:46