It’s been an interesting August. The reason? I spent several weeks of it editing ‘A Love Most Dangerous.’
As I wrote in an earlier blog Lake Union Publishing approached me to take on my latest novel and re-launch it in the spring of 2015. One of the things which was most appealing about the offer was the chance to have the book edited in a thorough-going manner.
It was a fascinating process and I learned a lot from it. It was engrossing, challenging, frustrating, fun, illuminating, annoying and exhausting. It’s been a long time since I spent eight hours at a desk with hardly a break and only a gecko for company.
My chum and assistant Garibaldi Gecko.
I’m confident that the book has been greatly improved by the process. My editor was brilliant, creative, fun, full of ideas and sensible suggestions. I was particularly grateful that she was a novelist as it made for a productive and respectful two-way process.
The next step is the copy-edit.
I’ve learned a lot from things so well. But I have to say that I prefer writing to editing. 
Published on August 29, 2014 04:24