Things are slowly developing. I’m making my social circle aware that I am publishing a trilogy.
The editor has sent me a quote and I will be sending the final document today, after touching up the final edits I have edited/proof read so far.
Some advice for anyone heading down the same pathway as me, I think it’s important to print out your story and proof read it, then go back and correct all the errors at least twice before sending it to an editor. You can pick up a lot more errors when you proof read by reading off of an actual document, rather than a computer screen. Highlight areas you should change and circle and correct the small errors, then when you’ve finished completely, then come back and change the highlighted areas. If you change them earlier then you would lose the flow of the story and you may end up sidetracking or being lost in adding material, rather than sticking to proof reading and editing properly.
I am glad to have a lot of support around me at the moment. Encouragement helps when going through this process. Same with recognition and positive feedback. It’s very easy to drop the idea of publishing, if someone gives you bad feedback. But writing is something I’ve always wanted to do for a profession, so I will keep going through all the processes, vulnerably.
I have no idea what my capabilities are, until I live this dream of mine completely.