Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for the opportunity I have had this past week to read through my edited manuscript  Even though I have read each chapter a bazillion times while we edited them over the past several months, it has been a long time since I got to sit down and read the entire thing fluidly.  I am supposed to be looking for any mistakes that need corrected or changes I want to make.  What I found more often (though I did find some corrections still - it seems the process is never over!) is that I came across parts of the book that I had forgotten were there - special scenes, lines, moments.  They have made me chuckle, swoon and smile.  It is fun to read them again and remember "the good times" of when I first created those parts.  I am getting really excited for this book.  It's been fun to see the final version come out.  It's not a different story, it's the same, but it is better than before.  Gail (my editor) is fantastic and I have really enjoyed this process.  The only scary part is now that the editing part is winding down, it means I am getting that much closer to being finished.  It means any stranger off the street will be able to read it and there is a feeling of exposure that goes along with that.  There will be those who will not like it and some that will like it (hopefully more than the meanyheads that don't).  Either way, praise or censure is a bit daunting to me.  Oh well, at least I know I can trust my mom to write me a good review on Amazon.  :)