Editing a book is a tough work. It is more agonizing than writing it. This is the 5 times I edit the book and it also my first time writing a novel. Oh my god, what’s an experience. It is a lot of work. I thought writing the 125 pages novel in the past two years was hard work, but editing it to make it looks professional even more of an agonizing task.
Some paragraph I held dear to my heart, have to take out because of inconsistency. Some major rewrite have to re-do to be concise and of course some prose have to rework to show cohesiveness. That took a huge amount of time, because I have a day job, a family, and social obligations. But in the end waking up late and early, I got it done. I am happy to say, it went well. I should have the final product in a month.
I have started researching a few publishers in the Canadian market and will begin my submission process this Friday. Just brought a printer for that purpose. I will be getting my first rejection real soon.
It has been a fantastic journey so far. I hope people will enjoy this book. It takes lots of sweats equity and I keep reminding myself that anything worth doing in life is hard.
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