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1/28/19 Recently, I finished the first draft of my next project, and sent it off to a trusted friend and author to provide beta level feedback. Unless you've been through this process, you probably wouldn't understand the anxiety that accompanies receiving such feedback, and how it affects the author and the final product, so I'll try to explain. My manuscript, the one that I thought needed nothing more than spelling, grammar and a little polish here and there, needed more than that. My beta reader had identified some real issues. There were inconsistencies in my characters, as well as some chapters lacked conflict and the humor was uneven, and some pieces fell flat. By the gods! This is my baby , and it is supposed to be perfect ! Clearly he just missed the genius of my writing and this is all a mistake, right? That was my first thought, and I had a bit of a defiant attitude for an hour or so. After further thought, I realized I hadn't thanked