I got my first response yesterday! By which I mean the first email of general comments from friends and loved ones who I barraged with my manuscript in the hopes of bettering it.

It was so scary and exciting to hear back. The first one can be scary. Luckily I got someone who knows what they’re talking about, who is kind and gentle and thoughtful.  And I am so excited.

Honestly, since I started Nano I’ve basically thrown Morocco from my brain and not picked it up again. Okay, that’s a lie, its back in there somewhere. In the way back, resting.

But now that I’ve gotten that email I’m chomping at the bit to get started again. I don’t love my Nano MC as much as I love L&O (Morocco’s MCs). And I’ve been replaying the comments I received in my head since I read it. I think the most helpful thing about having another person read your work is the perspective and emotional detachment they have. A few of the comments were things that, as soon as I read them on the page, I knew exactly why those comments were made and could see how someone from outside my brain would say that. It was almost as if I already knew what the issues were, I just needed someone else to say it for me.

Anyway, I’m really into organizational binders lately, so I think I’m going to make one for Morocco. That way I can organize all my character information and plot information and location research with fancy tabs and colors and such.

Organizing! One of my other most favorite things. Office supply store, here I come!!