Just got back from working with the editor person. On the whole it went very well. They gave this go round a B+. Not too shabby. Not where I want it to be in the final product, but very close to a solid draft, something that I can shop around, without worrying about the manuscript getting tossed for grammar or technical glitches. More importantly I feel it’s worth paying for. I would buy it, if I didn’t write it myself. After implementing these changes I’m going to be able to hold up the book and say, yeah, this is mine. This is what I can do. It’s not all I can do, or all I ever will do, but this is something. With the time I had to work with, I gave it everything I had. I didn’t hold back.<\/p>\n
Holding back has been a long standing problem for me. Back in high school I ran cross country, and it took me two years of never finishing better than the middle of the pack before I realized where I went wrong. I was a strong runner, but I was afraid to break hard off the starting line and run with the guys who took off so much faster. I reasoned that they would fall off later in the race and I could pass them.<\/p>\n
My strategy was all kinds of messed up. Sure, some guys did start too fast and flame out. But many of the guys who went out full tilt, finished a lot better than I did. Lots of them seemed to finish in the top ten. In junior year, I tore off the line just like the fatest sprinters, throwing caution to the wind. Much to my surprise it was a lot easier to keep the momentum going. When you start strong, it’s a lot easier to finish strong. And there’s a lot less people nipping at your heels. Suddenly I was finishing in the top ten.<\/p>\n
I’ll post more about the editing session tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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