The Battle for the Last Post: Mission Joystick Prayer

[RhymeLovingWriter]

I'm not sure what we're going to do. Our church is having a parish picnic tomorrow but my husband isn't feeling great.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

I hope he feels better after a good night's rest.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

We were going to take the grandkids because they are having some games (i.e. bounce house, ring toss, etc.) but now we may not even go to the picnic ourselves!

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Too bad because the weather is predicted to be pleasant, I think.

[CeramicCornflake]

I'm about to reach the climax of my book. I think another 4-5k words will wrap it up. Then I can start cutting fat.

[CeramicCornflake]

Im drinking cold tea and hot coffee. Getting my multi-imbibe on.

[CeramicCornflake]

I've taken a short break to enjoy some poetry, now it's back to work!

[CeramicCornflake]

Sometimes, in order to find a solution, you must completely destroy a problem.

[CeramicCornflake]

With fire.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Sounds incendiary.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

Do you do your own editing CC - or hire someone else?

[RhymeLovingWriter]

I'm guessing that's what you refer to when you say 'cutting fat'? Either that or you've got a nice roast about ready to go in the oven.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

I'm having a difficult time believing that tomorrow is the 28th of August already.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

BTW, that was really nice of you to spend your break reading poetry. Thanks again.

[CeramicCornflake]

Do you do your own editing CC - or hire someone else?

So I'm unpublished, right? As of right now, I'm editing my own stuff; I give it a couple of run throughs. Im hoping the first novel is good enough as-is to get picked up. If in a year's time it hasn't been purchased, I'll likely pay an editor to look it over and make suggestions for me. I would do that now, only having a book professionally edited is expensive and I'm on a budget.

[RhymeLovingWriter]

I'm kind of new to the whole process, but have heard other published writers talk about the importance of having someone else edit. I imagine it could get expensive for a novel.