Mid October 2011: Gaby sent responses to my last revision. I was delighted that overall her comments were positive and even more delighted that Gaby is a true collaborator in making my book as good as it can be. Where she nudges me with questions, I often find new, betters ways of looking at the manuscript. We'll talk this week and hope to wrap up a few remaining questions very soon.
October 2011: I asked all the coaching clients and students whose Success Stories add so much to my book for final approval of the way they're quoted. Their replies, updates, good wishes and wonderful notes remind me how lucky I am to work with such talented writers and artists.
September 2011: I completed the revision and sent Draft 3 to Gaby on my target date, August 31. I feel satisfied, grateful I have an editor who has the time and inclination to really edit my book and help me make it the best it can be, tired, and if I'm completely honest, a little sad.
I see now that those extra things I fantasized I'd get around to putting in the book aren't going to happen. I'm letting go of fantasy and embracing reality -- it's a good reality, a really wonderful reality actually, but it's not as sparkly, star-studded, and popping with fireworks as the fantasy.
August, 2011: After a brief squall of resistance, I see how Gaby's suggestions will make the book much stronger. I get past the initial inertia and into to the flow. I remember what I love about revising.
July, 2011: Gaby and I discuss revisions and select a new subtitle, Around the Writer's Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writing Resistance* with this sub-subtitle: *Including Writer's Block, Procrastination, Paralysis, Perfectionism, Postponing, Distractions, Self-Sabotage, Excessive Criticism, Overscheduling and Endlessly Delaying Your Writing.
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