Jeez! When I sent my manuscript to the production company, I thought I'd ferreted out ALL the mistakes. NOT SO. When I received the Kindle copy, and started line editing, I found mistake after mistake. Costly mistakes now that I'm paying for each mistake after five - the first five mistakes being free with the cost of the production. I've learned so much during this edit. First, I've learned how to line edit more carefully. I've learned not to be in such a hurry to publish that I don't take time to delete all the bloopers. I'm learning NOT to use so many BUTS AND ANDS to begin sentences. I didn't realize I used them with abandon. I'm learning to omit some of the colloquialisms. I'm just learning learning learning. Darn. I thought I knew so much and now I'm learning after all these years that I don't know much about writing AT ALL. Here's to a cleaner manuscript next time around. Here's to bringing all I've learn...
"All the characters who have housed my stories now have permanent apartments in my head - I still have tea with them." bw