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My brother-in-law has so very kindly taken a full read of my manuscript and in his writer’s opinion, there is a story there. And by story, he means something that could be commercially viable.

Well, that’s a relief! Seriously. It is. What a person thinks is interesting, because it’s about their family or something they’re passionate about, doesn’t necessarily translate to dollars in the bank for a book agent.

My dialogue is good. But, I need structure to my story. There are some essential pieces of the book that need to be reworked. I change tenses (oops, such a bad habit of mine) and a few other things are unclear.

So, it’s back to the drawing board. But at least I know where to begin! It’s not a wholesale rewrite, but I do have to spend some heavy editing time.

The only way out is through. Here I go…

In the meantime, this song is running through my head. As always, Paul Simon inspires.