My mind is made up
I'm having my own little seance tonight to conjure the spirit of Maxwell Perkins and I intend to put him to work!
Jesus, what a luxury. And it wasn't even that long ago that even at the small presses, you'd have an editor who worked right along with you. Those days are gone. Now I have to edit myself and when it's your own work, it's not always easy to see when something has to be axed.
When I completed the first draft of the Valentino novel (550 pages,) it was with the understanding that an editor would eventually get hold of it and put a bunch of red marks all through it, giving me an idea of what needed changing or fixing or rearranging or deleting, and how I should work with the ending.
I never dreamed I'd be tackling it all by myself. Here's hoping you like my editing choices.
I'm tired now. I'm going to go watch Murder She Wrote.
(Original cover art for The Great Gatsby, edited by Maxwell Perkins. Not only one of my most favorite novels, but certainly my most favorite novel cover art!) (How would you edit that last sentence??!!)
Jesus, what a luxury. And it wasn't even that long ago that even at the small presses, you'd have an editor who worked right along with you. Those days are gone. Now I have to edit myself and when it's your own work, it's not always easy to see when something has to be axed.
When I completed the first draft of the Valentino novel (550 pages,) it was with the understanding that an editor would eventually get hold of it and put a bunch of red marks all through it, giving me an idea of what needed changing or fixing or rearranging or deleting, and how I should work with the ending.
I never dreamed I'd be tackling it all by myself. Here's hoping you like my editing choices.
I'm tired now. I'm going to go watch Murder She Wrote.
(Original cover art for The Great Gatsby, edited by Maxwell Perkins. Not only one of my most favorite novels, but certainly my most favorite novel cover art!) (How would you edit that last sentence??!!)
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