Not a question, just a banging the head against a wall moment I wished to share.
I knew my book was too long so I went through a series of very heavy edits to strip out the unnecessary. I took out whole characters in my need to slim down my opus. Finally I came to the conclusion the book had to be split into two. Having done that I now find dozens of continuity issues and conversations which relate to absolutely nothing in book two. Previously well-rounded characters are shadows of their former selves. I'm so annoyed with myself. Fortunately I keep everything I take out in deadfiles so I'm now going to read through my deadfiles and put it all back in... because I didn't have anything better to be doing this week! Grrrr!
When editing, always remember not to cut the book out of the book!
In these days of word and works we're all in danger of losing our cuttings, so I'm glad for you that you kept the original work. You would no doubt feel much worse if you had lost them completely.
Good luck putting things back together.
Debbie