After more than a month hiatus and many pages into book number two, Editor person and I met. This was a proactive session, in the event that the prospective agent asks ( let’s hope ) to see the rest of The Ridge Runner. I wanted to polish to chapter 4-22 one last time. Imagine Editor person on one side of the desk, yours truly on the opposite. As they flipped through the pages, the discussion went something like this….

Editor person: Grammar, grammar, spelling,…OK…that works…oh this is back again. This upstream downstream problem.
sam: There is no back. It’s always been messed up.
Editor person: You know it’s messed up, yet you left it to me to find.
sam: Indeed. I’ve been waiting for you to notice that.
Editor person: Oh I noticed it. It’s very jarring.
sam: But you missed it the last 2 drafts.
Editor person: In the midst of the carnage you call writing, it was all I could do to stop the bleeding.
sam: But you actually missed something.
Editor person: I saw it.
sam: I’ve got 2 other drafts that say you missed it.
Editor person: Can I tell you what you’re going to miss if you continue this discussion?