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Raine posted an update 5 years, 7 months ago
So turns out all my submissions are made in the spirit of ‘This is the best I can get it right now, but I’m sure it’ll change again down the road’. Because this edit is an actual ‘This version will get published’ and it is VERY DIFFERENT. I am DAUNTED, people. Halp.
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Have faith in yourself, Raine. They accepted the ms because you’re good.
And maybe do some deep breathing and have a glass of something to steady the nerves, though not too much obvs 🙂
Daunt not, my dear. They liked what you sent. They think it’s more than good enough. They KNOW the world is waiting for it – as are we.
Of course it’s the good stuff!
It will be wonderful. And, of course, it is daunting but that is because you care about your writing and want it to be the best it can. Which is why it was so good in the first place!
My lovely, I feel for you and know just what you mean!! It’s real, and it will be permanent, and that is full of daunt. But forget all that. You have to. You probably have an ideal reader when you write? Write for them. Make it good for THEM. And a work of art is never finished, merely abandoned. You will have to walk away at some point, but that’s fine. You’re a stunning writer and it WILL BE GOOD. At whatever stage you abandon it. I have so much faith in you, and you must too! xx ps your publisher can also be relied on to give you very straight feedback – they won’t publish anything they don’t think is GREAT.