Done with the editing!!!

I have finished editing Kat's book. Final word count put me over 70,000. Very good if I do say so. I actually finished last week but just forgot to post about it, lol. I am very pleased with it. The friends I have reading and helping with my edits seem to like it and have added some amazing feedback which I think added a lot of depth to the story as well as much needed support. When I originally wrote the book I printed hard copies and gave them to multiple family members in the hopes of getting such feedback. I love them and they are wonderful but I really got nothing. No "this needs more here" or "This seems inconsistent". Not a peep really. Was a bit frustrating. Granted they all have pretty busy lives, we all do. I know that. I am not asking for anyone to quit their lives to hold my hand and guide me. I am very capable of doing the heavy lifting. As the writer I view the work very differently as a reader. I also write as it flows into my head so that can lead to inconsistencies even with the plot mams and things I keep. Having others read and help me figure things out  is a huge help to me. I am super grateful for it.

So anyway the book is done. Now to try to figure out a way to blurb it for my submission letters to agents/publishers. I also want a better title than the working title I have had for ages.

Time to figure those out and begin work on Lexi's book. This one is very "Whodunit" and I love that!!

**Oh and the first 10 chapters can be read here. 

Only 6 chapters left!

Yay!! I am down to the final 6 chapters to edit and then this book will be revised to my liking. Then on to the next. I am not sure if I want to try submitting before or after Lexi's book is done. Kat's book is a good book and I love it but then I love all my work. I know that Lexi's book is a story that is more suspenseful as the bad guy remains a mystery while in Kat's book we know who the villain is from the start. Ugggg..... I also need a better title for both. Kat's Escape and Lexi's Discovery seem a little weak to me. From a marketing standpoint anyway. Hmmmm...... Big thoughts. I need to just edit and not get to far ahead of myself. Night everyone!!

17 Chapters done!!

So far I have 17 chapters edited. A fabulous group of friends reads and gives input including one from highschool who uses that lawyer brain to give me line by line edits. It is brilliant. I have 46,282 words so far. 65,000 is my goal for books in my romantic suspense genre. I seem to be doing very well with that!! I am absolutely on track to be done with Kat's book by my birthday in 2 weeks. Ahhahh. 2 weeks. Even though I don't have a lot to go seeing such a small deadline makes my heart race. Wish me luck!!!