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In Part 1 I discussed letting your book sit for awhile or getting a “pretend” editor to read over it.
At some point you will have let your book sit or you’ll have had a “pretend” editor read it.  If you’ve had someone else read it and they’ve given you a good review, it’s now time for you to read it again.  You’ll be reading it with fresh eyes and may catch mistakes you and the “pretend” editor missed.  At this point, this is where you want your book to grab you …

You’ve been working on your manuscript and you think you’re ready to start sending out queries to editors, but are you sure?
What kind of shape is your manuscript in?  Is it worthy of being printed?  I know, you think it’s great and one of the best novels ever written, but you have to stop being you at this point and look at it as a complete stranger.
There are several things you can do at this point.  The first and maybe the most important is to set it aside for at …