Software hiccups have led to minor delays in finalizing the draft of The Seven Exalted Orders. The editor was using “track changes,” which my usual word processor doesn’t support. I cast about for an online platform that would let me do that. I thought I had a good one, and I got all the way through the whole novel. When I went to download, it changed the format from .rtf to .docx and closed without saving. I can’t find the download anywhere on my drives, either.
Aaarghhh. The trials of an author’s life.
So I’ve had to re-do it all in the non-change-tracking software. I’m about 3/4 of the way through this second pass. The new editor’s main issue seems to be the word “that.” She strikes out almost every instance, even though sometimes the sentence needs “that.” It isn’t a word I toss in just to bump up the word count. I’ve had to rephrase a lot of sentences to avoid “that.” At least this time I know I’m able to save the document!
I guess it’s no big deal. There isn’t a firm deadline for this. It’s just that it takes me away from the second draft of The Tale of the Drakanox, which is where I want my head to be.
On the other hand, reading the book again after so long really reminds me that The Seven Exalted Orders is some of my best work. I can’t wait to introduce it to you again! Soon, I hope.
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Yup. “That” is one I have to watch, too.