I've finished the last missing scene in Shadow of the Owl, and am finishing up the formatting of the manuscript. Man, was I misguided when I formatted this thing back in 2007! No wonder the agents I sent it to sent me instant rejections.
At this point in the game, I'm starting the real edit. The first two edits I went through were far from thorough. Initially I polished up the first chapter or so in preparation for the radio broadcast, and then I went through it filling in actual missing pieces. Now I need to dig through the thing, come out the other side and know what needs to be improved.
No, it's not an easy task, but luckily I've collected around me a bevvy of helpful books. I've been reading with interest Line by Line, The First Five Pages, and How to Get a Literary Agent. It's amazing how little I knew about the publishing industry as a whole. Whether or not I'm successful at publishing my book, it's been wonderful to learn the ins and outs of this world I'm attempting to become a part of.
Format waits for no man(die), so I need to get back to it. Let's hope this time I can at least get a request for a full before I get rejected. One can only hope.
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