The happiness EXPLODES

Guess what!?
MY EDITOR IS DONE!!!!
AHHH!
Yes I am happy. Very happy. I got the email this morning at 7:00 but I was like "meh, it's YouTube or something else that I don't care about" (Okay, I do care about YouTube, but not when I'm waiting for an email, you know?) but at 7:21 I got bored and looked at it and I saw the email I have been WAITING for.
Right now, I love my editor. ;) she made my day, and since it was 7 when she sent it, my whole day is looking really good. Thank you Danyelle. You are awesome.
I know I haven't sounded overly happy with her in past posts, but I think most of that was my own anxiousness and worries screaming out. I've felt like a horse trapped in a stall for weeks, just pacing and waiting for my owner to come out and play with me (yes, Amy Miller, that is for you ;D) Danyelle (my editor) is awesome. She's been so nice about everything, even my probably really annoying emails. A lot has been happening in her life for the past two months, so don't blame her or get angry at her for taking so long. I'm happy right now, so yeah.
I'm also kind of nervous.
What kind of mistakes did I make while writing? I'm currently reading Twisted to my dad (yes, he's a fan, my whole family is, thankfully, even my seven-year-old sister, more on her later) and I'm catching a LOT of mistakes that make me cringe. I wonder what my characters would say if they could read what I wrote from their POVs and whether or not they'd laugh about the mistakes. Aster probably would.
Here's a few of my mistakes.
1. I have a nasty habit of putting the same word in a paragraph twice! It's so annoying! For example, I put steep into a paragraph twice during an action scene, completely tossed off the drama of Aster running from Chikego (Chikego is a wraith, he's like...I don't know, like the ringwraiths in the Lego version of Lord of the Rings. Really stupid and kind of brainless. If you YouTube clips from the game, you'll see what I mean. They made the Nazgul look really dimwitted. =D)
2. I spell lose as loose.
3. I have the characters repeat like the same thing over only in different words.
Yeah, those are the ones I really noticed, but whatever right? It's all in the drafting process, and I can happily say, I am officially in editing. That's just a step off from publishing and then all of you can understand my craziness!
Or at least part of it.
On Friday I staying up until 3 watching The Fellowship of the Ring, I was mainly watching it for the Nazgul, just to watch the way that they move. That fascinates me for some reason. I was also sewing some improvements onto a shirt, so it was like watching the movie! and then ow! my finger! I missed some of the best parts because of my sewing. I noticed that the Nazgul's horses made a lot noise, and grunts, and because I'm into Parelli (he's a horse trainer, a REALLY good one) I couldn't help but notice the way that the Nazgul rode their horses and the bits that they used.
I'm such a nerd. I'm probably the only person alive who looked for that kind of thing.
The bits, um...they looked like a snaffle, a full cheek snaffle, that's good. They're a mild kind of bit meaning that the Nazgul were mostly in control of their horses, horse and rider respecting each other enough to listen. What I didn't appreciate was how the Witch-king (he's the wraith that leaps in front of Frodo on the trail as they're running for the ferry) was yanking on his horse's mouth to turn him. You don't need to do that, some simple leg cues is better for the horse, it's why the poor things mouth was hanging open as his rider sawed on his lips. That's probably why the horses made so much noise, ow! my stupid rider is yanking my face off! Stop it! Please!
I know. I'm a nerd, and I'm proud of that nerdiness. =D

Okay, THIS is what I'm talking about from Lord of the Rings, if you watch closely you'll see the Witch-king yanking hard on the horse's mouth to turn him in front of Frodo.  Provided this is the right clip.