Revising, the necessary phase in writing a novel, is a long process, especially if you want your book to be as good as it can possibly be. I learned so much from writing my first two books, I am confident that by the time Killer Eyes, my third book, is done being revised, I'll be able to submit it to Melange confident that the editing process will be short and sweet.
And this time, I am also confident that no second edition will be necessary. As I've explained in this blog when it happened, there was a mix up in the editing stage with KOK. For reasons not explained to me, (and I didn't ask,) KOK was shifted from one editor to another. I think that the original editor for reasons not explained, (nor did I ask,) stopped being an editor. So Nancy, the owner of Melange started editing it in his stead, but then that's when the editing shift occurred and another editor "finished" editing it, but it really wasn't finished.
And after going through the rigorous editing process at Penumbra for The Vase, I realized that KOK was shortchanged. Of course, Nancy was terrific and cooperated with my requests to have KOK re-edited, and republished, so ultimately everything worked out for KOK. And all of that, for me, at least, was a learning process, which I am putting to good use in the revision stage of Killer Eyes.
And I've revised it down to the final chapter. And there's 24 chapters. (There are 18 chapters in Killer of Killers.) But even though there are six more chapters in Killer Eyes, the word counts in both novels are the same. Each book is about 89,000 words. However, Killer Eyes may exceed that when the final chapter is finished being revised.
And it's that last chapter where Trent Smith may or may not do something about his latest set back, as it unfolds in that chapter. It depends on how badly he reacts to that set back. It's the chapter where the most revising will be taking place. But once it's done, that's it. It will be ready to go. Stay tuned.
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