Aww, thanks, E. Not sure about that, I just keep plodding along. 🙂 The editing is looking like a bit more of a challenge than I was expecting so that deadline may not be made. 🙂

Thank you, Irene, what a fabulous comment to receive this morning. I really appreciate you taking the time. 😀

Wow, on the money thing! That could so easily slip through. I had a similar, although completely different thing happen on a dog walk once when at the one minute to midnight moment of hitting the publish button I realised someone’s arms couldn’t hang the way I had described them, because they were tied behind their back… phew!

Mine are a full story with characters fully formed and settings in place. They are completely readable but once I get the feedback the finessing begins 😉

Mine are fully written novels, give or take the odd ‘add another exchange here’ note, with all necessary research done and the whole plot worked out properly (and in some cases talked through with husband until he wishes he’d never pretended to be interested), and I always read through and alter whatever I wrote the day before, when I open the document – it just takes me several drafts before I stop looking at sentences and thinking, ‘how do I manage to write such crap?’. And I’ve been known to miss a minor plot hole until as late as draft 5. Or, here’s the best one – 7 drafts of Patient Zero, and I didn’t notice that someone burning money in the year 2024 would be unable to do so, because by then all £20 notes will no doubt be the plastic ones. Julia didn’t spot it, either. Took Mr Picky to say ‘The last page of this story doesn’t work, because….’ 😉

I think my first drafts are probably a little more advanced than yours are in the first place, T. It’s why I’m so slow at getting them done in the first place 😀 Doesn’t stop me thinking they are total crap, just like you though – haha.

Ah, gotcha, different kettle of fish entirely – I see what you mean.

You’re darn right it horrifies me!!!! I am still convinced my books are total crap at around rewrite 4, or possibly later; I am certainly not letting anyone see them until they’re something approaching publishable! I would fully expect them to email me and say, “Terry. No. Please.”

Ahh, now. I think we are talking about different levels of editing/rewrites, T. I am doing a quick edit through, adding in all the missing bits of convo etc (hopefully!) as I too have those notes waiting for me, but at that stage (which I know horrifies you) I send it to my editor and betas for feedback on if the story works, if there are plot holes or if they spot something really major that has to change. I don’t want to spend hundreds more hours crafting something that doesn’t work in the first place. That level of rewrite comes after the feedback.

But thank you, I am mightily relieved to have reached the end of the first draft and finally have something to edit!

Well I can plan as much as I like about what I want to do, actually finding the time to do it is a very different thing. All we can do is put one foot in front of another 😀