I have just now finished editing my book. Holly crap does it feel good, but there’s still that annoying voice asking me if it is ready for copyright. The voice is weaker and I feel good with how my story is now, but I question a few things. I want this book to be ready for publication, but even after publishing you can find mistakes. At this point I feel good about the book and want to move forward to the process of copyright and publication.
I started editing this book back in May 2019. Starting with self editing, words were added and taken away. Then it came to beta readers. That was rough in the sense of finding them and getting them to send feedback. I had two really great ones and a few okay ones, but I was grateful anyway for the feedback. My first editor Cassandra was great and gave good input for my book. She was the one who suggested doing another round of beta readers in the demographic I plan to publish to. I tried, but then Corona came out and the students found it as an early summer break and ghosted me. That I while say is depressing and made me think my story was good enough. But I remember I was writing because I wanted to, not for the approval of others. Then Kaitlyn, my second editor, gave her input. Her comments sounded like she didn’t like the story. I was glad for that cause I could fix what I wanted to make the story better. Now that I have finished my last round of self editing, I look forward to picking a date to publish.
I’m also lucky to have a husband who is so supportive in this process too. He’d already looked up how to submit for copyright and wants to help me with this. I’m nervous for the next step for obvious reasons. I am closer to publishing and sharing something I have spent two years making. Excitement builds each day and I can’t wait to publish, but I want this to go right so I will try to be patient. But we’ll see how I’ll be during the copyright process.