Irene Frances Olson: falling in love with my second novel

Posted on January 22, 2016 Updated on January 26, 2016

As of yesterday, I’ve read through and edited my second novel twice. I completed this novel the end of November (writing it in one month during NaNoWriMo). The length at that time was 60,203 words.

Bridged by Betrayal is a healthy 75,366 words.

Next steps:

1. print paper copy, do another edit, this time with colored pens & highlighters;
2. transfer pen edits to the computer copy;
3. print several paper copies so my Beta readers can get their hands on my manuscript and apply their constructive magic to it;
4. review said editorial contributions; accept and reject edits and “finalize” the “final” version;
5. write full-length synopsis for those agents who request one;
6. start querying agents.

I love, love, love my characters, and I hate the characters who rightly earned that hate.  Read the rest of this entry »