Ashley in Neverland is in copy-editing!!!
Which means that after 6+ months of revising, the manuscript is out of my hands. Whew.
(Actually, I wasn't really expecting it. I sent the lastest revision off on Friday, completely sure that Monday would bring a bunch of last-minute fixes.)
My editor Barbara - well, probably her assistant Alex, to be more accurate - will send the ms document to Managing Editorial, who will send it to one of their copyeditors. That copyeditor will either check the ms for grammar, spelling, consistency problems, etc. - or the copyeditor may send it out to a freelancer, who will check the same things.
Then Managing Editorial will route it back to Editorial, and Barbara will look over it and ask Alex to mail it to me. (Or email it if it's done digitally.)
But that'll probably take weeks and weeks.
For now, I have some time. I think I'll do a happy dance and go to Pinkberry to celebrate!
