A really good editor
is hard to find. I had hoped to have Rescuing Rita, the prequel to Stealing
Mercy, published before or on Mercy’s second book birthday on July 21st.
It could still happen, but sadly, my editor’s father died. It’s funny (only it’s
not) that the night before I heard the sad news I had a bizarre dream.
In my dream I am going
on a trip with my editor and she is in a hurry to get to where ever we are
going. She throws my clothes into my suitcase, puts my lap top into my bag and
yells for me to hurry. I scurry after her, complaining and begging her to let
me carry my own stuff, but she doesn’t listen. I trail after her.
In real life, my
editor, and most anyone who knows us both, would admit that if I had to race my
editor, I would win. I’m not saying this to brag—it’s just true. But in my
dream, she was winning, just like she would win if we were pitted in an editing
contest.
So when my editor told
me that her father had died and that if I wanted to find another editor, she
would understand, I told her that waiting for her was worth it to me. I would
(will) wait, unless she wanted/needed a respite from Rita. She responded that
she was happy to continue editing for me, but life and death got (momentarily)
in the way.
A good editor is so
hard to find. To make my point, I’ve included a few of the reviews from my
novel, Hailey’s Comments. (A different—although wonderful—editor.) And I’m the
first to admit if I was more of a wordsmith, finding an editor to catch all of
my mistakes wouldn’t be so difficult. (And no, I don’t personally know the
people who left the reviews, but I’m deeply grateful for their time and kind
words.)
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I got this yesterday
and ended up staying up late into the night to finish. It was a well-weaved
story with great characters and intrigue. It's got some clean romance but it's
more weighted towards mystery than romance. I really enjoyed it and will be
looking for other books by this author. The reason I gave it 4 instead of 5
stars was because there was a handful of typo errors. It didn't really bother
me and frankly, if you've ever tried to edit a book, you know how difficult it
is to not have them. :)
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I'm giving Hailey's
Comments 4 stars instead of 5 due to some editing issues that pulled me out of
the story a bit. There were a few more than should be allowed, but nothing that
another pass with editing couldn't fix. Mostly things like, I my... You do get
a glimpse into the writer's directional thought though with these errors. One
thing I will say about the writing is Mrs. Tate did a terrific job of weaving a
story without use of vulgar/foul language. It wasn't until after I finished the
story and was thinking about the 'bad guys' that I skimmed back over some of
the scenes and realized she had so well written the characters that she didn't
need to take the shortcut of using foul language to develop them.
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I enjoyed the book as
a light, easy read. I wanted a better description of what Emma looked like.
Sometimes, I felt lost in the location/setting, but the storyline kept me
interested. Numerous typo's!!! Need a better proof reader!!
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