Long time, no talk (blog?), my friends! I’m finally out of my editing cave and I recently finished my first final galley.

My very first final galley.

And I need a therapy session, so I’m taking it out on you. *cackles*

When I received my first round of edits in my inbox, I was fired up. I was like, “YES, LET’S DO THIS!” and I opened that doc and I plowed through that round like a beast, making all the changes and sending it right back to my (superb) editor. I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of red. I was like, “Oh, wow, I guess I’m GOOD, haha!”

Then I got the second round.

And there was red. LOTS of red. Bloody freaking red extravaganza.

Not so good after all, dumbass.

So I swallowed my pride and plowed through the second round, learning so much throughout the…