Writer/Editor Communications

So, all week and last week I've been struggling with my Vegas guidebook project. And it's SO late. But I felt like the project turned from a quick refresh, to a rewrite of the whole thing. I know and love Vegas, but I don't live at each and every venue all day every day and can't tell the difference between what happens on Tuesday vs. what happens on Saturday. My editor was on a work trip to Australia, so I had a bit of a reprieve, but she came back and called me yesterday. I was not looking forward to returning her call for fear I'd really get yelled at, but guess what? She totally put me at ease. She was a master, and I guess that's her job. She needs this book done. So, she ever so smoothly turned me from a raving stress knot into an, "oh, yeah, I can do this," sweet and obedient writer. She told me what to write about what I do know, and to take a breather, go to happy hour, and get back to it later and we'd check in Friday. After I hung up I thought, damn, she's good at her job. So, I'm back at it, with a new fresh attitude. See how that works? Ah yeah, the crazy life of writers and editors. Still, my hats off to guidebook writers! I'll never do it again.