I've definitely been losing steam on this blogging thing. Not because I don't want to be writing on here, it's basically more a lack of subject matter.
However, today I want to announce that I'm officially beginning the final editing process for my book. I've edited about 50 pages so far and things weren't as odious as I had thought. There are some flaws, but I've had some pretty good brainstorms on how to fix them. For those of you who read the first draft, I think you will be pleasantly surprised by the difference these changes are going to make. One change that I hope to do today is the addition of a prologue which will add more depth to some of the characters while at the same time creating a hook at the beginning of the story.
Editing is going to be a long process. I've been spending anywhere between 5-20 minutes on each page during my reading sessions. Some pages get a lot of red ink, and some get very little. It doesn't help that I'm working a lot more than I expected this summer--so far I've been working 50 hour weeks--which doesn't leave a lot of time or energy for editing at the end of the day. Still, I hope to have a significant chunk of the revision done by the time I return to Utah in September. Then End.
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