It has been a hectic time chez Withenay, what with family illnesses and husband's new job and house hunting. The book has been taking too much of a back seat. Now it simply has to move higher up the 'to do' list and get sent out to publishers. If it were New Year this would be a resolution. (Come back in April to see if it has been broken yet!)
The wonderful Caroline Smailes at BubbleCow has given her editing advice on the first few chapters of Singing in a foreign land. I cannot thank her enough for this - apart from the fact I have had to re-write the first chapter completely. Don't you just hate it when people are right? My word-count for the day has involved a lot of cutting and pasting, and I'm not sure whether those words truly count.
So, the next job is to buy a whole load of big brown envelopes, another ream (or two) of pristine white paper and a comfy travel chair for sitting in the queue at the Post Office.
[Or, of course, to fill in the application form for a mortgage. Ah, the eternal conflict between what I want to do and what I need to do!]
Next week I am reading some of it as part of the local Festival week - exciting and scary all at once, so wish me luck!
2 comments:
Ooo, good luck! Even though I stand up and speak in front of people every day, they are teenagers, and the thought of standing up in front of adults fills me with dread!
Thanks! I've been stopped by two mums on my way to school this morning asking if they can come and hear me read - yikes! It turns out advertising works!!
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