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.

You don’t know what you don’t know.

You can’t learn how to drive a car on YouTube. Without actually getting in the driver’s seat there’s no momentum. And without outside expertise there’s a lot of swerving, near misses and potential crashes along the way.

Publishing is much the same. I developed my masterpiece in solitude. Honed it under the guidance of a mentor then sent it to Julie Gray for expert professional assessment. My shiny new object was now as polished as I knew how and I was ready to present it to the world.

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