Editing is the most important thing right now. Kim has gone through several of the early chapters and I've incorporated those edits. It sparks some nice ideas on fleshing a couple of scenes out. I updated the posts for the three sample chapters. With an update note at the bottom of each, but I'm not really treating those as posts anyway.
The other primary editor I'm hoping to get detailed input from is Kim's good friend Becky. We had dinner with Becky and her husband last night, and it was rather funny what she had to say about the novel. I should have memorized her exact words, but she said she was pleasantly shocked that I can actually write. Not that she doubted it, just, a friend asks you to read something, that is dangerous territory.
I had a similar reaction from our neighbor when she came over last week. She has been very interested in the fact that I've been doing this, and when I read the first couple of pages to her, she was shocked that it was pretty good. I understand this quite well, actually. That's why I'm on bloody draft 9. I thought this thing would take 3 drafts and 6 months tops. I can honestly say, my wordsmithing sucked on draft 3, where I was still hammering out plot holes.
So, draft 8 is ready for serious editing, and draft 9 aught to be publishable. Sheesh, this thing has been work.
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