Does anyone know where i can find a review for the book

There isn't one yet. I just finished corrections on the book and it's in production. I'll post a pic and the first chapter and stuff as soon as I get the cover. I have my fingers and toes crossed they don't change the title.

Lynsay

I know this is probably a long question, but I was wondering, what is the process of writing a book. I mean you write the first draft and then your editor reads it, but then what happens.....?

Actually, I'd never send in a first draft. I edit them myself, probably at least three to six times. You'd be amazed at the silly mistakes you make when you're writing quickly (hear instead of here, you're instead of your, etc.)

Then I send it in, the editor does a read through to see if it's acceptable, then another pass to check plot line and make notes on things she thinks need explaining, or scenes she'd like added (like more sex, I never put enough love scenes in for them) then she sends it back to me for those corrections.

I do those and send it back and she goes over it again to see if all's well, then hands it off to a line editor who checks for spelling and gramatical errors and as a double check on plot line.

Then it's sent back to me with her notes and the line editor's notes for me to go over again to check changes and -- if there are queries that the line editor finds -- make those changes. Then it goes to be printed up in book form and is sent back with two book sized pages side by side on each page for proofing to find any last minute spelling errors etc.

Then it's sent to print.

While all this is going on, the editor is working with production on cover ideas and possible title changes and so on.

Lynsay

I should mention that not all publishers send it back so many times. Some simply send you the corrections they want, you do them and send them back, and never see the line edits. They're just done and that's that. You get proofs for proofing, but that's it.

Avon is good enough not to just change your words on you. They send you the line edits as notes that this line is confusing or what have you and you change it yourself, or they change it and check with you that it's all right. It means more work, but it avoids making you feel like someone has rewritten your work on you. It's rather odd during proofing to read a story that is supposed to be your own and find yourself blinking at expressions you would never use yourself but someone put in in place of what you had.

Lynsay

Wow..........I never knew it was that complicated. It must get tiring after a while. Thank's for answering.