Structural edits have left the building!

The staircase from Royal Over-seas League, St James', London. - featured in Retreat to the Lakeside Cottage.

I’m delighted to share that my structural edits left the building on Monday, 1st July at 12:30am. Slightly later than I’d anticipated but after days of tweaking and at times faffing with certain details – the manuscript has finally gone! My entire weekend was absorbed in re-writing scenes, moving dialogue and questioning my own judgement whilst consuming gallons of tea but I did it! 
My most hated, loathsome stage of any project is now complete. The nearest thing I can describe it to is building a three-storey house and once complete then having to remove and reposition the staircase elsewhere. Not an easy job when there are connections linking to everything that surrounds it. You move one piece and it affects something else. I amend a section of plot and it effects other areas which then need attention and alteration in order to make sense. I’ve learnt to trust my process and brace myself for a mid-task wobble which usually happens when I have a panic moment thinking I’ve made an error in the sequencing but is nothing more than my brain playing tricks on me.
Anyway, structural edits are done and dusted. I spent the rest of the day sleeping, reading and drinking more tea in order to download the details from my brain. Again, I’ve had to learn how I do that as efficiently as I can in order to switch my focus to the new project that I’d had ticking over in the back ground. 
July sees the beginning of Camp NaNo. I’ve entered the new project as my main focus – it feels good to be involved in a month-long challenge. Followers know I love my daily progress charts and word counts! ​

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