A double rewrite

Written by Barry

I’ve spent the last week and a bit rewriting one of my own projects, following some feedback from a publisher. It’s done now, and it’s definitely a lot stronger as a result. Now Kathryn will send it back to the publisher and see if they like it. Fingers crossed.

Tonight I also rattled through a rewrite of one of my top secret Egmont projects. That one didn’t take nearly as long, and should already be nestling in an Egmont email inbox somewhere, just waiting to be picked up in the morning.

Tomorrow, for the first time in as long as I can remember, I’m taking a day off. Not a bit of the day. Not half of the day. THE WHOLE DAY.

I’ve got two 7-9 year old books to write in somewhere under a month, but I don’t care. Tomorrow is my day off, so all of you just accept it and move on. I’m not even going to check email.

Well, maybe I’ll have a quick look, just in case there’s anything urgent …