Thursday, January 14, 2010

Editing letter

My life as a poem.

I've started working on Dogsled Dreams with my awesome editor! Yeah!
Apparently I use "was" and "were" too much. Boo.

I sent a revised chapter today and already have it marked and returned! Yeah!
It is once again covered in little red marks. Boo.

I received a full manuscript request for book two from an agent! Yeah!
She wants me to add another 15,000 words. Boo.

Since I do have a day job - I'm envisioning long nights in my future. But I'm living my dream!

13 comments:

Unknown said...

Living the dream...YAY!

Shelli (srjohannes) said...

congrads on the full.

Sarah said...

All the best as you move through it. I'm sure you'll do a great job.

( I have to say, it's pretty awesome to hear someone write about their editing letter!)

Shannon O'Donnell said...

Great news about your manuscripts. You are so blessed to be living your dream. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. :-)

Janet, said...

That is great! I am so happy for you.

Anonymous said...

I have to agree with what Sarah said. It is awesome to read about editor letters, requests for revision, and the rest.

You are living the dream--yours and others! I'm really tickled pink for you.

PS. I'm getting out the "find" section in word and looking for was and were!

People Who Know Me Would Say: said...

This was EXCELLENT! I so enjoyed a peak at the reality of a writer! Yay! I have to wait for the next post. Boo!

Heather Kelly said...

Wow--things are moving and shaking for you right now!

I am trying to exterminate most of the was/were from my manuscript. Those words are invisible to me when I'm writing. It's so great to know others struggle with that as well!

Congrats on the happily full life!

Natalie said...

That's awesome TerryLynn! Just think all those revisions will make your work so much stronger!

Elana Johnson said...

There's always the up -- and the down. Good luck with everything!

Amy Allgeyer Cook said...

Hey Terry--
I had to 'de-was' my ms too!! Congrats on the full request! That's fantastic! Good luck with it! :)

Rena Jones said...

Congrats! Sounds like things are moving along well for you. Good luck, TerryLynn!

Kelly Polark said...

Hey, revisions are necessary. Just plug along! And Yay! Congrats on the full!