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Fear Of What?

October21

Another day spent revising my manuscript. gothiclolita43

I’ve read and reread my manuscript so much now that it is both extremely boring and also doesn’t make any sense anymore.

I am not afraid of writing what I am scared of. That’s almost necessary in a way. I am also not afraid of success (n0, seriously!). But I am afraid. And I am afraid of the reception the book will get.

I’m the type of person who wants everyone happy. So I want everyone to love my book. And I know very well how impossible this it. So I keep reading reviews at sites like Dear Author and Smart Bitches and everytime a reviewer mention something, say that heroine was silly, I worry that they will say the same about mine.

My head is full of reviewers critiques, all negatives, all adapted to my book. I have a lot of imagination after all. It’s quite easy to see all those reviewers canning my book.

My heroine is weak. That’s whay I heard from contest judges and critique group. And yes, from my editor (although my editor saw her nurturing side and knew it could be fixed. But it’s harder to portrait a heroine that is more “real” (IMO) when all the paranormal romance out there show kick-ass girls taking on to save the world.

So now I am obsessively looking for places  to change where yes Lily is too weak. She’s definitely more of a Twilight Bella then a Lara Croft. But I like her that way :)

In the end, I don’t know. I just have to plod along, make it the best I can and face the reviews when they come. Lucky for me, it’s still a long way away!

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