I didn’t mention this before, but I got my manuscript back
from my editor In June. I was so excited. I only asked for copy editing
this time. And my brilliant editor, Janie Goltz, did an excellent job. I’m
actually embarrassed about the simple mistakes she had to keep correcting me
on. Things like, using British English, along with American English in the same
manuscript. And not using the same spelling throughout.
However, I have had this bad habit of not pushing through
the corrections as fast as I should. I could have worked through the entire
book in a week. But I’m taking it slowly. I think I’m scared of publishing,
and now I am sabotaging myself again. I also decided to read my manuscript as I
was applying the change, and immediately had the urge to start tinkering with the manuscript again. I didn’t think it was good
enough. I had simply deleted one sentence on page 3, and stopped myself from
reading the rest of the manuscript. I had done the best I could before submitting
it to my editor. But for some reason, as I was working on applying the changes,
I almost gave in to bad habits again. Like rewriting certain scenes,
and so forth. I’m not doing it this time. Not again.
I could make a quick search and replace all similar words. But I really want to take my time with it. Make one change at a time. Though I won't lie. I'm frustrating myself. And I know I have to start pushing, and motivating myself.
Why is it you think that we keep wanting to write the same
book over and over, and then never moving on to the next book? Or is this problem just me?
