Sending the Baby into the World

The other day, I finally sent Part 1 to a number of brave volunteers to beta read. It only happened about 3 months later than I'd hoped... Bah. I'm still getting a handle on estimating the time required pump out revisions. This first part consisted of the prologue and the first fifteen chapters, four of which I rewrote from scratch as part of he revision process.

Now, I'm finishing my polish of chapter 16. I chopped the beginning scene off and just need to redo the start to convey the changes in the six month gap between chapters. I've already marked up the hard copy of the rest of the manuscript, so I have a pretty good idea of what's needed from here on out. Of the remaining thirty-eight chapters, I only have three more slated to rewrite from scratch and one completely new one to write. The rest is just text edits or smoothing of language/descriptions needed. And of course the never ending fact check.

Regardless, the first part of my baby is out in the world, being read on three continents. Here's hoping it's getting to publishable level.