My muses are getting on board with the editing!
In case you were wondering, my muses are not like what other people call muses. First, we don’t only write when inspired. Well…maybe I should put it that we get inspired pretty much daily, because I plant my behind in front of this computer every single day and inform them that we are writing today. Or, you know, we could sit here and bang our head on the desk for an hour or two.
Second, absolutely nothing is sacrosanct because “that’s how my muse wanted it.” One of the benefits of having many, I suppose. Everything can and will be edited as necessary. If we can just agree on what’s necessary…you ought to hear some of the discussions!
Come to think of it, I only call them my muses to keep from worrying ‘normal’ people. They get upset when a person starts talking to or about the voices in her head. *grin*
Anyway. I was sitting on the porch enjoying a smoke-break (I know. I’ll quit again when we’re done moving) and one of my ‘guys’ yanked out a scene from the middle of the book and said, “Hey. You don’t need this. Everything Eve says here–she repeats here.” So 1400 words cut today, YAY!!!