These past two weeks have also been some of the most difficult for me, as now I am half way in and nearly halfway done, the stretch is becoming harder and harder mostly for time, but also the semester is starting to sap my energy.
Though now I have a completely finished cover for my book, which is pretty amazing and provide a little bit of fuel to keep me going, but everything seem a little weighing.
However, I also got the opportunity to start reading and provide comments on another Cressen Books's author, which was really great. It actually put me in the mindset of an actual editor, and I cannot wait to see what I can learn this week from Ed and Wendy about editing. I've helped edit their writings, but I have never edited anything else by a legitimate author.
I have some ideas, but I really think I need Ed and Wendy's direction. I know that it is one thing to have advice and revisions to give someone, but it is another thing entirely to explain it to the author. I know that I can be a little tactless and a bit too colloquial in my editing, and that really needs to be fine-tuned or rather I need to stop being lazy.
I've also started so many rewrites and revisions on my own novel, something that I really despise, but it is a necessary evil. I am finding it to already be a long and difficult process, and one of the most challenging things that I have ever done. I am proud of the time and effort that I have spent so far and I hope that the milestones that I reach will help me when I feel like there is no end in sight.
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