The thing is

[ksmith]

...even though I knew the wip needed work, and in many of the places that Editor pointed out--this is a 5-page letter, single-spaced--I still need to adjust to the facts that the letter is indeed here and the wip is not perfect. I knew it wasn't perfect, but I was, of course, willing to be proved wrong. No such luck for five previous books. No such luck now. Time to dig the tool box out from under the bed.

They say that it takes ten good reviews to counteract one bad one. Well, a revision letter, no matter how encouraging it is in places, is a bad review. Granted, it is a bad review of the constructive sort, a bad review that no one else need ever read. The issues it points out should be repaired, never to see the light of day. For the most part. There may be some room for discussion here or there...

Not asking for sympathy or pats on the back. It's just something I need to work through before I settle down to work. The realization that I still have miles to go before this book sleeps.

Comments

Re: Keep Going

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

but still, it's all about taking that raw material and making it better!

This is exactly the case! And I have said before, I'm a rewriter, not a writer. I need to get that first draft down before I can add and subtract and fix what needs fixing. I just need to gear down and get to it.

I appreciate the kind words about the Jani novels. The story pretty much came out as I wanted, and with just as much angsting, if not more.