making progress
This weekend I settled on an editor. In addition to providing editorial services he also maintains a blog in which he discusses different topics relating to the publishing industry and writing in general, in addition to posting book reviews &c. From reading the blog posts and conversing with him via email he seems like a pretty good guy, and I really liked the sample edit he did for me and the ideas he’s already had about the book.
Some of my test readers have expressed confusion as to why I’m hiring an editor. When they do that I laugh and laugh.
Because while the book is perfectly readable, and my friends and family are very nice people, the book has some pretty big weaknesses I need help with. It’s definitely not ready for prime time. I’m super excited for the edit though, because I’m normally pretty terrible at taking either advice or criticism, but in this case I’ve resolved myself to the fact that I absolutely need to, so I’m looking forward to taking that step.
Also, my ISBNs arrived today. Which was a wonderful surprise, since I wasn’t expecting them for another week+. Since it’s going to be a while before I’m ready to publish anything I opted not to pay for rush processing. However, since I needed them in order to apply for for an account with Lightning Source I was more than happy to take early delivery. So I also applied for an account with Lightning Source.
So I’ve got my editor, got my ISBNs, waiting on account activation over at Lightning Source.
And quietly storming ideas for the second and third books.
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