The waiting game is in effect . . . again. I have already endured the two month wait for
my manuscript, A Rose for Sergei, to
be cleared by the Federal Government for publication. Everything was approved, as I stated in
previous posts. Now I am waiting for my
editor to wade through my book and make the necessary changes.
The first words back from my editor were: Your.
Sentences. Are. Too.
Short. Sometimes. And sometimes you runeverythingtogether. But then again, she said that maybe short
sentences are my style and she doesn’t want to change that. My editor is adding a lot of commas to the
run-on sentences, which seems like an easy fix, but requires a lot of extra rereading.
My style!
What is my style? I have never
attempted to write a book before so I really don’t have any awareness in that
area. I believe a writer’s style is just
the natural way you express yourself and it is unique to each individual. All I can say is that, after 40 years of not ever
talking about Sergei Kourdakov, all of the words tumbled out onto the pages when
I finally started writing this book. That
explains the run-on sentences. And I will
admit that I like short sentences for emphasis.
My daughter, Laura, is my editor.
She is a writer/editor and I trust her to do an excellent job. The roles are reversed, and now the child is
the teacher. Now I am anxiously waiting for the editing to be
completed. And I have become an advocate
for the comma.
Apparently, you, can, never, have, too, many, commas.
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