Make that MS even better

So you think your manuscript is done, and you’ve started submitting it. You find publishers interested, and you send the full. One wants to publish it. Before you commit, you figure to read through it again, just to make sure. No problem, you think to yourself, because the last time you did that it was good to go after a couple minor revisions, maybe a word or two here and there. For sure this time, it will be a clean read.

But no. And it’s not just a word here and there. I’m finding whole sentences in need of revision. And not just one or two. It’s very upsetting. Why? Because I have documented so many times on this blog that no matter how many times you believe your manuscript is finished, there’s always going to be places in it that can be improved.

And it’s particularly upsetting because THE VASE is under review with several publishers right now. I can’t just contact them and say, ‘Hey, read this new improved version.’ You can do that with your agent, but that’s as far as it goes.

There’s only one consolation to finding imperfections in a manuscript that’s on submission. If it’s accepted, there will be more revisions anyway. It’s why editors exist, after all.