It is a long process but the initial draft is complete and I have been editing for the past month. This includes scene rewrites and plot changes as well as typo fixes. I am hoping to have it ready by Fall. Praying for energy and inspiration!
P.S. I will just add here that I have since done two complete edits and am almost done with the third. The characters have demanded that I tell more of their story so I have added several things. I have altered the sequence of presentation of some events and positioned my characters for the last book of this trilogy: When Doves Laughed.
P.S.S. I will add this note in early November: Robert has printed out the whole thing and offered many edit suggestions. Then he did it a second time. It talks a village, so they say.