Author Shelly Goodman Wright

The countdown for getting the manuscript back to the editor is down to three days, so I'll make this short.

My editor Amber has been great. We've been able to correspond via e-mail, which is much quicker than a phone a conversation and it keeps me on track. She hasn't suggested very many changes, although the changes she has suggested, I've been on board with. Most of them hadn't been what I wanted the reader to walk away with anyway, so being able to go back and reword or strengthen areas has been helpful.

For those of you who have been brave enough to read my drafts, it will seem quite different and I'm hoping it takes you from "I like the story" to "I love the story". Amber, although it's probably part of her job to be encouraging, said my material "was so good, it was her pleasure to get this project".

So with those words, I must get back to work. My goal is to get through the entire manuscript by tomorrow so that I can do one final read through--without changing anything (well maybe minor things). That's seventy pages to go through. YIKES! Thank goodness I stopped by Starbucks.

Happy Writing--Don't forget, NANOWRIMO is just around the corner!