I've been working hard to get book 2 of my first fiction series, The Last Iteration, out the door. The novel was roughed in already, but when I returned to it after getting Book 1 out the door, I realized something:

It was total rubbish.

Okay, that's the harsh internal critic in me. But the truth sunk it: I needed to hack it to pieces. So I did, and I sent it over to my publisher so she can decide if its actually any good.

The whole process got me to thinking about editing.

Books are better w...