Edits

Sooo the first legit round of edits is done! This is exciting because I do edits using two techniques that I am assured are the most painful and most effective ways of doing it.
1. I leave it alone for a year, not looking at it, then I print it out and mark up the copy.
2. Using the marked-up copy, I retype, word for word, the whole thing.
It's better. It's definitely better. It's still only 37K words, but I think I'm ready to start shopping publishers--I can't afford an agent right now.