Comments | stevekelner: Final draft complete!

stevekelner

Final draft complete!

Jul 16, 2006 14:13

Just finished a spell-check on the fourth and hopefully final draft of The Last Damned Vampire on Earth, my novel I've been documenting work on. I did two chapters of editing a couple of nights ago, two more last night, and hit the end. Now I've sent a note to my agent to confirm that she still wants to see it (it's been a few months on this ( Read more... )

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loupnoir July 16 2006, 19:27:55 UTC

Have you made your list of agents yet? Gotten a new ink cartridge? Stocked up on paper?

Book!

Got one, not the other stevekelner July 17 2006, 02:02:35 UTC

I already have an agent who has expressed interest, so I'm just dropping her a line to confirm she still does. Unfortunately we are low on paper, so I'll pick some up tomorrow.

viggofest July 17 2006, 01:42:52 UTC

As an editor, thanks for the reaffirm ( ... )

The Joy of Editors stevekelner July 17 2006, 02:14:11 UTC

Most of what Toni caught (in terms of not knowing my intentions) is indeed stuff she just didn't cross out. She had to read it in chunks, and I saw no need for her to re-read to revise her edits. So I simply moved along past those comments. As a long-time management consultant, I'm accustomed to telling people "perception is reality," so I certainly agree with your comment that if the audience didn't understand it, it's usually my fault. Sections with those comments are always worth re-examining, and I pretty much always did ( ... )

kamenkyote July 17 2006, 05:11:20 UTC

Good stuff, Steve and congrats all around! How exciting! I can only imagine your look of joy at being done with this step. Well, no, I've seen that face many times, but I wish I were there to celebrate with you all! Keep us posted as to its journey!