Later this week I'm scheduled to receive the copy edited pages of Growing Up Ivy from the publisher. I will have one week to review them and to respond to any queries the editor has. Since that week also includes Easter, it's going to be a busy time!
I'm interested in seeing the editor's suggestions. A writer tends to lose objectivity when she's been this close to a project for a long period of time. (In my case, usually about two years.)
Before the file arrives in my email inbox, I'm trying to finish the latest revisions on the novel-in-progress. When that's done, I plan to put it away for a few weeks. It needs to "gel." And I need some distance from it, so that the next time I see it, it will be with fresh eyes. The same as I'll have when I get to read "Growing Up Ivy" this week.
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Good luck reviewing the copy-edited version. When I was looking for an editor for my novel, I had several work on a few pages and their comments were so different, one from another--some were pretty amateurish, as I was working with freelancers. Have you worked with this editor before, do you know?
No, this is the editor assigned to this book by my new publisher. I must say, she's making me look good! My previous publisher had her own editor, and I enjoyed working with him too over the years.
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