Tis better to take a break, than to break the novel.

As you may know, I have been editing like crazy.  And although I find myself enjoying it (which you can read more about HERE) I may have lost a bit of its magic in the process.

Not because I'm horrible at editing (I'm not the best, but I'm not the worst) but because I am going too fast and missing too much in the process.   Perhaps if I slowed down I might catch just a few more mistakes.

And I realize, I shouldn't be killing myself editing when it should be a fun process. And a recent interview came to mind. .  Just last month I interviewed an author and one of my questions was  What is your definition of "Magic"? 

And Amber Garza's answer was: Taking something ordinary and turning it into something extraordinary.

Where you can find Amber Garza: Blog ~ Facebook ~ Goodreads

And I lost sight of this.  Yesterday (Sunday) I had a really rough day and I didn't edit during the day as I had planned. So Sunday evening when I opened up my manuscript, I remembered this and realized that I just gotta slow down.  

I realized that it is better to take a break, than to break the novel. 

And now I am back to happily editing.