I’m doing the first round of edits on Battle. With each manuscript, I overuse a word or phrase. This time around, it’s sighing. My heroine does way too much sighing throughout the story. So I’m editing that out.

I’ve had several different editors, and have so far enjoyed them all. Their goal has been the same as mine—to make the story as strong as it can be. It’s a valuable opportunity to go back to the story after I’ve had some distance.

So I enjoy this part of the process—even when I feel stupid about overusing something. *Sigh.*