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I'm halfway through the final read now and then I'll be sending the draft off to my editors in Sydney, London and New York. All the draft readers bar one are back now with their feedback. I'm considering all of their suggestions as I do this last pass. Matt will start working on the map shortly. Sonya will start adapting our working glossary into a publishable series of pages that readers may enjoy. Personally I don't use them but I know a lot of people appreciate reference pages. .... the next stage of the journey begins - the hardest bit. Editing!

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I'm especially looking forward to your comments on editing, this is the area I need to seriously learn about and work on. I've got a few finished novels but really struggle when it comes to editing which is why I've yet to send anything out to a publisher.

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I cannot believe you say you've got a few finished novels sitting around! Good grief, Tumbleweed, let's get you going! Pick one today. Give it to some draft readers and get some feedback. No friends, no family. Find a fantasy bookseller, a librarian, or a reader who really knows and enjoys fantasy and one who doesnt' normally read fantasy. Then sit back...very nervously, I know....and wait for their comments. Remind them, this is raw, unedited and all you're looking for at present is story power, characterisation, dialogue, setting, pacing, plot....once you know how readers are reacting to that you can begin to work on refining the structure of the novel. START TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sorry TW...I got all hot and flustered there. Very excited for you. Back to the thread.... I found the courage and sent off Valisar to my Australian editor yesterday and felt instantly sick! But then I always do!

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Valisar is one step closer to being published, hehe!!

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HAIL the fantasy writer!

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Thanks for the encouragement . I know I should get moving on them but I feel slightly out of my depth when it comes to editing. I end up rewriting and changing too much, if that makes sense, instead of staying with the original story. I've got three finished that I can work with and I think I could get them up to scratch with a bit of work and tweaking. All are full length fantasy genre books, although one is shorter and would be aimed to YA. I have a couple more but they'd need too much work and are very raw. It must be exciting sending them off to an editor and know it's going to be read straight away .

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You can experience same when you find the courage to send one off too....x

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Yes .