Edits…
So…I thought I was a decent writer until I dived into my 2nd round of edits. Sweet MARY, I’m getting way too picky and the red-lines of Track Changes are following me into my dreams. Doesn’t help that I’m sleeping at the wrong time of day.
O_O <—what my eyes feel like.
>_< <—what they look like.
I’ve got the word doc up at 130% on what’s already 12pt type and man…it might go up to 140 by the end of the day. *sigh* Okay…enough bitching. This is the holy grail…what all of us writers live for and WANT with everything inside them.
I just wish edits weren’t so hard.
Maybe with a few books under my belt I’ll feel differently.
*sigh* I’ll remember that around March1. LOL Right now, edits ARE my axis.
But thanks for reading and the comment. 
Bitch all you want, you still love it!
No matter how perfect you think your baby is when you submit it, editors will still find issue with it.
I think it will pass… mostly. At least, you’ll know what to expect from future pubs, and once you know what they expect (and will red-pen), you’ll self-edit before they even see it, and future rounds from your editors will be shorter and easier.
Chin up, sweetie. And cut yourself some short toothpicks to prop your eyelids open.
Steph
LOL thanks, babes.
yeah–it’s not even like her edits are bad, it’s me that is slashing and finagling to suit my style now. It’s been awhile since I wrote this badboy. So much has changed in my style within the 8mos since I’ve seen this stupid…er…wondermous story. LOL
HAHAHAHA! I was going to suggest the eye-tongs that the evil scientist puts on the chicken to keep his eyes open on Robot Chicken, but I wasn’t sure you watched it.
Then I saw the more recent post about what you did today.
Yup. You gots ta get some of those peeper-propers.
And I think you’ve hit on the exact reason why I keep putting off the edits and not cramming them into whatever spare moments I have… I pretty much want to rewrite the whole thing, it’s so fucking purple and so not-me any more. But it ain’t gonna rewrite itself, now is it? Fuuuuuuck.
I think I’d rather have nathan–hehehe the robot chicken mention earlier today–reenact my love scenes with me. You know…just so i can get them right.
I’m all for the research.
*sigh*
yeah, I get you on the purple…in this case, not fluid enough.
And just found a lovely note at the end of one of my ‘fade to black’ type scenes that she’d like an open door…so to speak.
LOL
Never can have too much sex in a smexy romance…
Sigh – I know exactly how you feel. I reckon my eyes could give your eyes a run for their money!
LOL I bet you do. The love and hate relationship with writing novels. Love the creating, hate when they make us own up to some of our….we’ll go with colorful creations. LOL Hope the edits are driving you bats either.
Just remember, they’re only words; you can change them or get rid of them and yet the world will still revolve around its axis.