Ah, editing. Truly, the… something unpleasant in the side of my pleasant…ness.
I’ll fix that in editing.
Anyway! Got the professional edits back, and I’m about a third of the way through incorporating them into the book itself. My editor (who is incredible, and extremely wise) always recommends a second round of edits, and while I wish I had the time and money to do that… it’s just never going to happen. As it stands, each novel costs me about $1,500 in editing (plus cover art, plus advertising, plus a few assorted other things), and that’s already way, way out of my budget.
I mean, I want a polished product, but I also need to eat. So one round of paid-for edits is all this novel is going to get. Maybe someday I will have the luxury to do multiple rounds of professional editing… but it is not this day.
Anyway! Always a bit soul-scouring to see how a professional tweaks your work, so it’s been hard, but I’m happy to be doing it. Means that the novel is almost done and ready to head off into the wild!
Speaking of which, I reached an agreement with the artist, and I’m cautiously optimistic about their work. We’ll see what comes out the other side. Fingers crossed!
Back to the editing! Hope everyone out there is having a great start to the winter season!