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Friday, December 7, 2012

This is the edit that never ends!

Dear Liana,
  I enjoyed EVEN VILLAINS FALL IN LOVE, when's book two come out?

Reader


*curls in a ball and sobs*

*peeks at Reader*

Do you know I wrote a song about Book 2? It goes like this...

THIS IS THE EDIT THAT NEVER ENDS! IT GOES ON AND ON MY FRIEND! I STARTED WRITING THIS, NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO, AND I'LL CONTINUE WRITING THIS FOREVER JUST BECAUSE.... THIS IS THE EDIT THAT NEVER ENDS!!!!!

If you sing that constantly for three or four hours you might be able to hit the mental state I'm currently in with my EVERY HERO NEEDS A VILLAIN edits. I've rewritten this book twice. I've ripped it's guts out, edited, polished, and then decided to repeat the whole process again.

Why?

Because it's not Right yet.

It's Good, but Good isn't Great. Good isn't RIGHT. Good isn't PERFECT. And I won't be happy until this book is perfect, even if it means I sing THIS IS THE EDIT THAT NEVER ENDS! twenty billion times a day and rock in the corner with superhero action toys while I try to work out the next fight scene (true story).

I think the End is Nigh. Even the Mayans predicted that I would finish the edits by December 21st. Check their calendar if you don't believe me. And I did tell my betas they could yell if I didn't have the edits to them by the 15th. So... if everything goes as planned... Book 2 is coming out in Late Spring 2013.

And, if everything goes according to Liana's Master Plan! you will get Book 3 Winter of 2013.

*throws confetti in the air*

Now, I'm going to crawl back into my deep, dark editing hole while you, Dear Reader, go play in the sunshine safe in the knowledge that there are books in your future. #HaveACookie
-Liana

3 comments:

  1. Great, now I have the song stuck in my head...

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    1. Do you remember Lambchops Play Along? "This is the song that never it ends! Yes, it goes on and on my friend!!!" My editing song is sung by a muppet lamb on my shoulder and a sock puppet dog.

      Definitive proof that editing can drive you completely bonkers.

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