Editing

 I'm going through edits with DEMON right now and I've had quite a few people ask me what it's like.

First of all, it's humbling. When you first open up the document and see all those changes, it can be disheartening. Like, omg, did I really suck that much? No, you don't. It's not that you suck, it's just a little intimidating at first. But if you know your story, know your characters, it's not hard at all. Once you get started, you realize all that red (or purple in my case, my TC is set to purple) is just a whole bunch of little tweaks.

There were several of the changes that after I went over them, a light bulb went on and I knew it was better than what had been there before; tighter, stronger, more powerful. My editor gets my humor and my voice, so it's more like we're working together to make my book better. The editor isn't the enemy, as some writers believe.

Another question about the edits were if I felt comfortable to say if I didn't agree with a change or I wanted to word it a different way. Yes, yes and more yes. It's my book. Again, see above. We're working together, it's a partnership to put out the best quality product we can.

So far, I've learned a lot and I'm looking forward to the next round of edits.

If anyone has any more questions feel free to ask me.