Tap, tap, tap. This is the sound I've been making for the past couple of months, during the precious few moments I've found to do some editing work.
But after much tap, tap, tapping, it's finally finished! For now...
Soon my editor, Jo Holloway, will read the revisions I've made. And while it's certainly an improvement on the raw material that was my first rough draft (I can't believe I submitted it to the Rose & Crown competition - or that it actually got 3rd place!), I'm sure there will be further editing required.
I've also sent the rewrite to my cousin, Adele Jones, herself a prolific writer with a recently completed Masters of Letters in Literature (she's a very busy woman!). She's pinpointed some key areas in the draft that could do with some polishing. And while I'm extremely grateful for her valued insight, I now feel like I'm back where I started (almost):
Tap, tap, tap...!
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Well, it's finally official - we're moving to Bundaberg, a city 4 hours north of Toowoomba (where we now live). And less than a week before Christmas! I'm in a complete state of denial regarding how much packing remains to be done - and about how much editing is not getting done (sigh!).
It almost seems like the proverbial "one step forward, two steps back" when it comes to editing these days. Too many steps back and I'll be back right where I started - with a novel that has "potential" (such a loaded word), but that needs some serious polishing. A diamond-in-the-rough.
I do realise (in that rational, rarely-used part of my brain) that doing small chunks of writing/editing -  even 30 mins each - is far better than doing none at all. But ....
Anyway, the house is now quiet, as it can only be after the children are in bed. Packing can wait for another day (maybe). Off to write ... :)
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Hmmm ... 03/09/2009
 
Hmmm... this is the sound of me thinking. Been doing quite a bit of it, in regards to editing my book, changing the plot and tightening up the characters and storylines.

Unfortunately, thinking is all I have been doing. I better work out my schedule (run it by the kids first - ha!) and pencil in some serious editing and rewriting time, or this thing ain't gonna happen (better work on that grammar too!).
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