Editing...

A couple of weeks ago I got the first round of edits for book 6 in The Silk Rope Master series. The lovely editor discovered a problem which I could ignore and the book would still be fine; or I could changed the problem area.

I chose to change the area.

And what was it? Basically my heroine moves to the US - not a problem. But the reason in the book for her move was not realistic given the political climate in the US at the moment.

I wrote the book prior to the American elections so it made complete sense but today it doesn't. So I began a major rewrite. One thing led to another - the flow-on effect. Change one thing and it causes ripples that run through the entire manuscript.

Finally I finished the rewrite and emailed it back to my publisher. The poor editor will have to start from scratch but at least the reason now makes better sense.