To complete a story–a novel–is a milestone. To complete editing and re-writing the novel so that it is editor-ready is monumental. Just ask me.
I thought it was difficult translating an idea in my mind to words on paper for the first rough draft. Turns out, that part feels like child’s play compared to the re-write.
There is a lot of self-doubt, second-guessing and anxiety that goes along with the actual editorial work. The whole time I am working, I am asking myself if the story passes muster. Will there be an audience for the book? Will the persons I wrote for be the actual persons who like and read the novel?
Today I learned that traditional publishers tell authors that a new book has a shelf-life of three months in which the story either makes it or breaks it. After hours and hours of work, three months is it?
At this moment, three words come to mind: just shoot me.
Fay Moore: I Want To Be a Writer 
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Thank you, Terry, for the mention. xoxo
Don’t doubt. Don’t second guess. Don’t.
Good luck dear!
Thank you, Troy. My goal is not great literature–that’s realism. My goal IS to tell an engaging tale someone will buy–that’s hope! Putting it out there–the very first one–scares the #$%@ out of me.