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The Jerusalem Puzzle update
I completed the latest draft of The Jerusalem Puzzle two weeks ago.
On Monday the 3rd September I will start a 2 week edit of the complete 400 pages, incorporating some major changes as inspired by my new editor at Harper Collins.
The suggestions were general, think more about the ending, the relationship. They have challenged me to add depth to the relationship between Sean and Isabel and to heighten the ending to include something even more dramatic, which will resonate beyond the book itself.
I like the challenge of being edited. The first emotional reaction is to resent any interference and to fear the work involved in making the changes, but soon after I saw the benefits that these changes will bring.
I don’t expect to work any less than 7 days a week, 30 pages a day, during the coming two weeks to make these changes. I have also been working on The New York Puzzle, and have 100 pages of that ready.
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I actually enjoy the editing process. And I appreciate your work ethic!
Thanks Kathy. I enjoy it too, even though the next two weeks will be a real challenge.
Best of luck!
I am quite literally wishing this year away so that I can get to read the Jerusalem Puzzle ha ha! Then roll on the New York Puzzle! No1 fan
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Oh wow, 30 a day is intense – I have a record of 90 in a day BUT that was a second edit and a fairly stable part of the book. None the less, my eyes hurt thinking about it. Good luck, much coffee, and may you still love your own work at the end of the day