Creeping Closer

Earlier this week, I mailed my galleys back to Bethany House.

I had struggled with my dedication and acknowledgements, but finally finished both those pieces of the manuscript. I also did a final read-through and, after making a few tweaks, I gave my final approval. Home Another Way is out of my hands.

I hadn’t reread what I’d written since March, and before that, the previous May. So, while much of my novel was very familiar to me, I have to admit to being surprised by some of the things I’d written – yeah, I guess I didn’t remember writing them. Not much. A sentence here, a short paragraph there, mostly things I’d done during the editing this spring. I found myself drawn into the story at parts, much more than I ever expected to be – it is, after all, my story, and I know all too well what’s going to happen. I even teared up in a couple of places.

So, now, I wait. My editor will check my tweaks and add any other last-minute changes, then I suppose Home Another Way will hop in line for the printer. The countdown until October 1st begins.