I’m sure I’ve been down this road more than once, and with the same novel, but whereas the last edit, which was probably the second or third, finished up in the pile, then forgotten.

I’m doing an active update to all my works in progress, and sending them to the editor, after going through the manuscript once again, with a view to publishing.  Hopefully, before the year is out.

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I took a deep breath and could feel the tug pulling hard on the tow line, as the ship eased away from the dock.  In other words, this project is now underway!

It’s going to run like this, read the story chapter by chapter, ensure that the continuity is correct, and remove all spell and grammatical errors, well most of them anyway.

Then, tomorrow, move on and repeat.

The start is always the hardest because you have to keep in mind that it will serve as an introduction, with some explanation, about the character, and a situation, and still hold interest.  It’s a fine balancing act and I’m not sure if I have got it exactly right.

As for the next chapter, that’s another story.

Just the same, we have a long way to go.