Hi Linda, I'm so pleased for you. Good luck with the rewrite and resubmission. I'm sure you'll get it right and yours will be the next success story for YWO.

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Linda,

Hugely, hugely brilliant! I'm so pleased for you, you deserved a break after the past few months...bloody well done. Will toast you tonight with my G&T,

Cheers! To Linda!

Carlie

I am thrilled for you too Linda. Well done.
Out of interest, what sort of things did they ask you to change? If you wish to share this... And what do you feel about the changes they have suggested?

Hi Patricia. I don’t mind sharing. I so much appreciated the Editor’s long and helpful letter. Those who have read my work on YWO will know it’s basically humorous, or at least I try to write that way. Silly when I can’t even remember simple jokes. Lots of the Editor's comments were personal, but this was the basic advice. The humour will definitely be staying. So a/. is to make the story even crazier (which is the way I’m going to go). Or b/. concentrate on DJ’s vulnerability, his family background and the effects of being saddled with the stolen goods. Also it was suggested that I develop the characters more, especially the main characters.

A long while ago, I went on a residential writing course and the writer and editor running the course said I should be just writing real life, as this was my strongest style. I think this put a block on me writing the crazy sort of stuff that deep down I wanted to write. The more personal comments by the editor who read Money Money Money has freed me up of all that nonsense. You should obviously write what you want to write.

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to read my work and for the supportive comments on this thread. I’ve taken Charlie Zoom and the Ice Monster and Dead Men and Red Tomatoes off YWO. Gone, but not forgotten, because I’m going to be working on them too.

Happy writing everyone.

Hi Linda

Thanks for the feedback, and I'm really pleased they gave you some good constructive feedback which I'm sure will be helpful. That the editor took the time to do this and would like to see a revised version is very encouraging and I wish you all success with further development.

Ted

Well done and good luck. I like your positive attitude. Keep writing.

It's lovely to receive these messages. Thank you so much. If I can pluck up the courage I may put some of the rewrite on YWO. Although it really frightens the life out of me. What if the rewrite is total rubbish? Pass the chocolate.