I had an idea today.  It occurred to me that as I approach the end of my seventh re-write I need new eyes and good ones at that.  Not that the previous eyes haven’t been but without access to an actual Editor I needed someone neutral.  So I did the scariest thing yet..  I rang my high school English teacher (the HOD no less).  This teacher scared the pants off me when I was at school.  I’ve never forgotten the day she scolded me loudly in front of the class and declared I’d fail.  She must have been good.  I got an A.  And yes that felt like the … [Read more...]