Progress on revisions continue. The updates to the first tale in the book, Space Cowboy (tentative name), are completed (for all 3 parts). Well, let's use the word tentative for that, also, as I am sure there will be some adjustments pointed out to me when the book goes for editing.
That being said, I am well into Part 2 of The Hive. Thus far, the revisions to this tale have not been as extensive - though, I feel, what has been done is no less impactful.
I think the trickiest part of what is being done here is making the necessary changes without changing the perspective of or about the characters (unless that is an intentional part of the change being made, of course).
I have found myself, on a few occasions, having to pause and question if what I just moved, reworded, or inserted did just that - changed how a reader may perceive that particular character.
And, though that is always something I would think is important when going through the revision process, I believe it is is even more so with this tale.
These 3 parts are being told from a rotating, multi-person, first person perspective. So, there are many points of view that build a patchwork vision of the story as a whole - like a quilt. Because of that, the flow of the characters intertwine. Change one too much, and that entire flow gets derailed.
Nevertheless, the beat goes on. I hope to finish part 2 and be well into part 3 this week.
That just leaves revisions to Dragon's Dilemma looming on the horizon.
My timeline has been pushed back some, rightfully so, because of the effort. I am now hoping to have the revisions fully completed by December some time - and then passed on to the more-than-capable hands of my editor.
More to come.