EDITING: THE HORRORS & THE HALLOWS

EDITING: THE HORRORS & THE HALLOWS

For the past 90 days I have dug deep into the editing process for my children’s book. I have been pushing hard because of a dead line.

It feels like I’m aboard a lone ship on a windless ocean, lying listlessly on the dry deck staring up at a pale blue sky of emptiness. My characters, with ferocious faces, impatiently wait for me to speak for them.  

As I trudge through the same unfitting paragraph over and over; the appropriate words still refuse to flow off my tongue. 

My mind is parched and sunburned.

Then fitting words that seem to come out of nowhere bring a fresh breeze to my book, like frisky winds billowing a ship’s sails into fluffy clouds.

Now my ship skims across the frothy water toward a yellow sliver of light dawning on the ocean of understanding.

I am free.