And I'm still awaiting my edits. Nancy, the publisher over at Melange, said it was a "clean" manuscript. She also said it wouldn't need much editing. Well, after five years of cleaning up that manuscript, I tend to believe she is right.
But like I've said over and over again, a manuscript isn't done until it's in print. And until then it can be improved. Interestingly, Nathan Bransford touched on that point just this morning, and that was my comment. It's also something about which I've blogged many times. I had considered KOK done at several points in the past. But I always ended up improving it more and more, anyway.
And I'm glad I did. Same thing with THE VASE. And as I'm revising KILLER EYES right now, I'm pleased with how much I'm improving that manuscript. And JOHN DUNN? I think that manuscript has the best first draft of all the books I've written. But of course, that one's the latest one I've written, so it makes sense. But, again, it's only in it's first draft. It will only get better, as did the others.
Because, like anything, the more you do something, the better you get. Even if it's the same manuscript. The more you work on it, the better it gets. I'm glad I've worked on KILLER OF KILLERS for five years. For sure it's a greater work now than it would be if I had only worked on it for two. Or three. Or four. At this point, August can't come soon enough for me.
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