tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623329525857855745.post3634750070176847230..comments2023-09-30T08:35:16.111-04:00Comments on Aspiring Novelists: Make Sure Your Manuscript is Pristine Before Submitting to Publishers: Editors Tell Us WhyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00501918398545296619noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623329525857855745.post-51095630268095692352010-05-21T18:46:54.966-04:002010-05-21T18:46:54.966-04:00Thanks for your comments Janet and congrats on mak...Thanks for your comments Janet and congrats on making it to the finish line. Way to go!!! <br /><br />I am witholding my elation until I write "The End" on my draft. When that day comes I plan to go out and party like a rock star. Well, not really, I'll probably pop a bottle of wine and toast to finishing the first leg of my journey. I want to bask in my achievement for a while before moving onto the editing...Sigh. <br /><br />Good luck with your novel.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501918398545296619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623329525857855745.post-73077717717657230512010-05-20T15:48:06.951-04:002010-05-20T15:48:06.951-04:00Thanks for the link; while we'll all like to t...Thanks for the link; while we'll all like to think we would avoid those mistakes, it's obviously far too easy to make them.<br />I'm interested in your being within a few chapters of the end of your first draft, as I am too! Feels great, doesn't it, to realise you really are going to do it?<br />I'd be interested to know if you've written your final chapter already. I held off for a long time, but at a low point a couple of months ago I let myself put down on paper the denouement I've held in my head for, well, years actually.<br />Best of luck.Janet O'Kanehttp://www.jokwriting.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623329525857855745.post-50094890360241400742010-05-20T09:03:18.670-04:002010-05-20T09:03:18.670-04:00Thanks for stopping by Karen and Steena. I think ...Thanks for stopping by Karen and Steena. I think the article is interesting because it gives authors a multi-dimensional glimpse into the world of editing and publishing. I learned a lot from the information contained in the list of errors.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501918398545296619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623329525857855745.post-25094770807049945142010-05-19T12:46:05.844-04:002010-05-19T12:46:05.844-04:00That was a very long exhaustive list of great inte...That was a very long exhaustive list of great interest. I think I'll copy it. I work as an editor as well and would say right on to each and every one of those.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623329525857855745.post-55536325427342829352010-05-18T11:08:06.890-04:002010-05-18T11:08:06.890-04:00Great link! Thanks. I took note of a few - now I&#...Great link! Thanks. I took note of a few - now I'll go through my current WIP to ensure those problems aren't there :)Steena Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03585255306121495098noreply@blogger.com