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agt_spooky) wrote2013-09-12 07:51 am
New ebook - still rolling right along!
Gosh, I just realized I haven't posted in the last few days. Work has been so stressful since I came back from DragonCon last week. My backup didn't do one single thing for me, so I spent last Wed-Fri trying just to get caught up on my backlog and this week just trying to keep my head above water with new orders, etc. I'm going to be taking at least 4 days off next month when ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
lausbub0402 comes to visit me and if my backup screws me over again I don't know what I'll do.
Adding to my stress level is that my new ebook, Memory's Prisoner, continues to move forward at Dreamspinner. The cover is being designed, I've just completed the paperwork for the official "blurb" and yesterday I received notice that it begins the editing process next Wednesday.
Why this stresses me out is that I belong to a Yahoogroup for authors at Dreamspinner and the topic of conversation lately has been on their editors. Some people have had horrible experiences where their book was just ripped apart and I just have this sinking feeling that I'm going to get one of those editors. [sigh] I was told that once I receive the first set of edits I have seven days to make the corrections (or refute them) and return the manuscript. Seven days?? That's it? I'm sorry, but I have a life and work and a family as well and if they expect me to rewrite whole sections in that short of a time frame (when they've had my book since April and have made me wait) I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
I'm worried now that I've gotten in over my head with this and it's going to end in disaster. I mean, I'm good with constructive criticism and grammar stuff, etc. But I'm not okay with someone telling me to rewrite it because they don't like it. I don't believe that's an editor's job, to interject their own personal feelings on a story. I walked away from having one of my stories published in a zine because the editor wanted the ending rewritten the way she wanted it. Sorry, that's not how it works with me. If there are questions on plot points or suggestions, I'm definitely open to that. But if you don't personally care for a story doesn't make it bad. The next person might love it.
So yeah, I'm going to be a nervous wreck until I get that first set of edits. [sigh]
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I really laughed when I read “and you'll go through, read them, resent them” - so I was preparing myself for when I opened my document. :-)
Thankfully, if you saw my post this morning, my edits turned out to be a breeze. The majority was all grammatical stuff and she only wanted me to rewrite four sentences. Seriously. I didn’t disagree with anything she said, so I should be able to get everything done in one evening and send it back. Made me feel good as an author that my writing is strong enough not to be picked apart. ‘Cause man, some of the people on my discussion list have had real problems!
Self-publishing - I’ve thought about it more than once and have talked to Laura Waskey about it since she’s done it once. Hardest part seems to be formatting the book correctly for Smashwords, etc. She had to finally hire someone to do that for her. But other than that it sounds feasible to do. I’m keeping my options open!
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I'm so glad you were pleased with you edits. I've been asked huge things from S&S, and not all of them for the better.
I love your icon, btw!
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I love your icon, btw!
Feel free to appropriate for yourself! It’s looking for another good home. :-)