I found the most fabulous manuscript assessor for my book – the inimitable Julie Gray. She recently asked me to contribute a guest post on her blog, regarding my experience with bringing a manuscript to publication. I wrote so many words that it turned into two posts.

I’m brewing a baby. Not a human one – I did that last century – but a masterpiece of penmanship. That’s my end goal anyway. For now, I have a manuscript and a jolly good one I’ve been told.

So, what next?

I gestated this baby for two years and after much angst a manuscript emerged. I held her in my sweaty palms, staring with pride and relief. She was mine and mine alone.

I soon introduced her to friends and family and they thought she was marvellous. Perfect. But family can be biased and it takes a village to raise a child – as they say in Africa.

To continue reading, please visit Julie Gray Developmental Editing. Do pop over and have a look – it’s well worth the read 😀