Yahoo EDIT done!

Editing a book is NOT easy, whether it is your own or someone else's. I thought long and hard about whether I would bother to take my book from past tense and put it into present tense because I knew very well it would mean going over every word, line by line...in essence, almost like re-writing it!

In the end, I decided, even though this entire book writing venture I had done for my own amusement since I was tired of reading murder mysteries, I was not going to do something any less than the very best I can do.  I had spent HOURs designing my cover, and even more hours learning Adobe InDesign and I expect it will be the same learning Affinity Publisher. If I were to NOT do the best I can on the writing, then it would be like doing a painting of a house with lousy perspective...no matter what details you apply to the building, it would always look off, and so would the book!

I admit ignorance in so many ways, I make no bones about that. I never set up to write an award winning book. I am not a retired journalist who has spent her life writing, and I am not an academic. I am just someone who has led an interesting life and likes murder mysteries!

I know my writing style is not quite orthodox.  I wouldn't expect it to be since I am not orthodox either!  And I would hope my writing isn't overly showy or flowery. I am just not that type. I am a Sagittarius, we get to the point and are direct. So if I can say something or present an impression, idea or setting in a few words, you can be sure I shall do it! On more than one occasion I put a book down because I couldn't slog through all the descriptive words. Perhaps I will grow more in my writing style and my next book will have more poetic, fancy or fashionable lines, however for this book, what you read is what you read. I set out to tell a story, invoke a few feelings and also illuminate a topic as well as leave you trying to figure out who did it. 

Time will tell how much my book appeals to others, however at this point, all I care about is how much my book appeals to me.  After all, I am the age group I expect to target, middle aged female, and if others decide to read it, bonus, certainly would be a surprise. For now, next step is to read agai and then send it off to my editor for her approval and proofing. Oh the joys of it all!