I have now finished
Clara’s Story. It is running at
103,000 words. All my novels seem to come
out at that length these days – until the publisher’s editor’s had their say. I’ve
edited it eighteen times, including giving it a final copy edit. I made myself concentrate
on the words one sentence at a time and stopped myself worrying about anything else
at this stage. I suddenly saw the text in a new light. Was this the way my
readers were going to experience it?
