(Frostbite which will probably have a different name because that one is taken.)

There’s the writing of the manuscript.

Then there’s revising it by replacing scenes that don’t work.

You can usually combine some general editing into the major revision process.

Then there’s the final scour-every-word editing bonanza where even stuff like “a” and “the” are questioned for legitimacy in their sentences.

Yeah, that’s what I just finished.

Now to hit up the local library for their 2010 Guide to Literary Agents and start my query letters.  Wish me luck.