It was an exhilarating, tiring, amazing experience!
Why? Well, I also work full-time as an office assistant for the State of Alaska. It's a hectic job with lots of moving parts. So after waking up at 6:30 a.m., going a mile a minute for my full-time job, and then getting back to the house at 5 p.m., settling down to do a rush edit was an interesting experience. I always do freelance magazine editing for Tiger Oak after work, though, so it wasn't unusual for me to do some editing at night.
What was unusual was how long the editing took me per night. I normally edit for one-two hours for Tiger Oak, but this DPP edit took me four-five hours per night! So for that whole week, I edited until 11 p.m. trying to get the first round of edits complete by Friday. I did it, of course. Thankfully I had the weekend off while the author Jazzy Mitchell did her round. By the following Tuesday, I had completed my second round, sent the manuscript back to Jazzy, and my rush-edit was complete!
It was some seriously long nights. I got a small cold because of it. I was crazy tired. I didn't work on any Tiger Oak editing that first week and very minimal the second week since I was kinda burnt-out. But I was also really happy with how both rounds of editing turned out!
Musing just came out today and though my part was a small one overall, I am so proud of its publication. Jazzy is a lovely writer, the plot is intense and twisted, and the characters are relatable. You should definitely go check it out.
Hope you have a lovely week!
Warm regards,
Kellie