My sister Joanie and I are steadily working on our first edit list from our editor at iUniverse, Sarah, She has been extremely helpful. Though we hate to do it, we are cutting out a few scenes/chapters in Molly Take the Cake. It's a painful process removing scenes that we love, but they hinder the book's flow. I'm sad to see them go. Perhaps we can use them in future books, since there are six books in our River Oaks Series. We are learning so much as publishing rookies. It's very time consuming editing and re-editing. Hopefully it will all be worth it in the end when we hold those books in our hands. I'm learning a lot about letting go of the control of our book and trusting professional editors who know publishing.
Point of view is the part we are struggling with the most. We have a couple of scenes where we are "head hopping," as our editor calls it. We may have to take these scenes out as well. Sarah says that problems with the point of view is the number one reason that publishing houses reject books. Hmmm...we love seeing into multiple peoples' heads in one scene. For example, we see into each bridesmaid's head and what she is thinking as she is coming down the isle. Evidently that is a total no-no in the publishing world. What do you all think? Please post a comment below and let us know what your personal views are. Should we leave them in or take them out?
Thanks for reading,
Annie