After a few hectic days, I finally finished going through the edits from my editor, and I am happy to say that A Sadness Within is back with her for a final check! The last few days have been a barrage of emotions as I looked at some of her edits and thought, did I really write THAT!? Or, I can't believe I forgot to put THAT!? My problem is that I am a perfectionist. Not only that, but I teach English both at the high school and college level. I know that I need an editor, we should never edit our own work, but that doesn't stop most people from expecting perfection from me. As a result, I expect perfection from myself! I can't tell you the number of people who delight in finding a mistake in a status update, email, or even this blog post. It is often hard for me not to take it to heart, but just like them, I need to remember that I am only human and therefore not perfect.
It took a lot of restraint to keep myself from taking the edited manuscript and reread it all over again to fix any "mistakes," because to me, there will always be mistakes. Always things I can change or fix. I talked to my author friend, Gypsy Rae Choszer, who said that there came a time when she, too, just had to let go. That is exactly where I am right now, too! I have to just let it go (thank you Disney and Idina Menzel for forever giving me an earworm!). This book is going to to be fine. There will be good reviews and bad, and there will also be MISTAKES (GASP!). I can always fix them on the reissue anyway.
~Happy Reading!
Sara
It took a lot of restraint to keep myself from taking the edited manuscript and reread it all over again to fix any "mistakes," because to me, there will always be mistakes. Always things I can change or fix. I talked to my author friend, Gypsy Rae Choszer, who said that there came a time when she, too, just had to let go. That is exactly where I am right now, too! I have to just let it go (thank you Disney and Idina Menzel for forever giving me an earworm!). This book is going to to be fine. There will be good reviews and bad, and there will also be MISTAKES (GASP!). I can always fix them on the reissue anyway.
~Happy Reading!
Sara