Status update #1: still no title!

Before we went away to Spain, I sent the latest draft to a freelance editor (a friend of a friend, just starting out) to get some feedback from a fresh pair of eyes with no ties to me. She came back with some very helpful comments and suggestions. In most cases, my immediate reaction was “yep, that’s what it needed” and I was able to fix things right away. In one case, the suggested new chapter was a complete failure. That’s not to say I couldn’t make it work, but clearly it’s not coming easily, so I decided to leave that aside for now and send it on to another friend (and former professional editor) to get the last round of comments.

I suspect that some more revisions will need required – and, of course, lots of housekeeping fixes – but after that, I really hope to be done.

I have no idea what will happen then. I guess I’ll wait and see what I’m prepared to do.