I was looking back today at my original manuscript of The Other Times of Caroline Tangent, before my editor, Lucy York got hold of it and provided all her wonderful improvements. And I thought it might be interesting for some writers (and readers) to see what it looked like at that point, and what sort of changes Lucy recommended.

As you will see, it started with the very first sentence of my book!!

What I can say is that my novel wouldn’t have been what it is without Lucy’s input – I highly recommend her.

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