Revisions Conquered

Beautiful Mess in Progress

No book is perfect, but your editor can help push it closer to Perfection and further away from Beautiful Mess. She (or he) does this by making comments in a multi-page editorial/revision letter. Comments like: "I'm confused. Why can't she sleep?" or "Isn't she getting blood in her car that would incriminate her later?" or even "It's 'thong' not 'thongs.'"

Brilliant. These changes I could make, no problem. So I tackled my lovely editor's helpful editorial letter with ...