In the Void

This year I've decided not to stress so much over the whole writing short-stories thing and to get back to work on novels, starting with the sequel to Dreaming Death. Well, to work on the sequel, I have to go back and re-read the first book.

I'm not any good at reading off the computer, so I'm actually reading the penultimate copy....the copy before I made the last edits before sending the novel to Baen's. I'm tripping over mistakes made in the last version (corrected with purple pen), and then making some new notes in silver on things to change if I ever do get the blasted thing published.

Having not read DD in almost a year, I'm relieved to find that I'm still enjoying it. I need to clean up one scene (because some of the dialog feels redundant) and I've noted a few places where I need to put in a sentence or two to describe a character.

The primary (and initial) POV character in this novel is blind, though, which makes description a challenge.

Anyhow, I'm pleased that I still like the book, displeased that I can still find things wrong with it (which shouldn't surprise me), and ambivilent about making edits while it's actually lurking in a slush pile. Then there's the looming fact that I probably need to find an agent this year. ::shudders!!::

Not looking forward to that at all!