Life, being what it is, has interrupted my careful planning for this weekend. Instead of doing my weekend chores on Friday and spending the whole weekend curled up with a good book -- to whit, A Shadowed Flame -- (I think it's a good book anyway), I had to work on Friday and a fair chunk of Saturday too. And on top of that an unexpected gig came up in Ohio, which means I have to fly out at lunchtime today.
Ah me. Don't misunderstand. Work is good. No. Work is great when I consider the alternative. But I have to get my read through done. So I've printed the whole thing out, all 432 Dark Courier (font size 12) double-spaced pages of it, and I'll stuff it into my carry-on which will make it almost impossible to wrestle into the overhead bin. That shouldn't be a problem, so long as they don't change the aircraft on me. Right now it's scheduled as an Embraier. The overhead bins won't take a normal carry-on so they take them on the jetway and stow them, then return them to the jetway on landing. I don't check my bag unless I'm forced to. But if I end up getting delayed or have yet another change in plans (it happens occasionally) I'll be busted.
Okay. I'll stop whinging now. I just want to let everyone know why I'm slipping behind with my revision. I will get it done this week, if I have to stay up all night every night to do it. I'm sending it out to the beta readers next weekend, and nothing short of a natural disaster of massive proportions is going to stop me.
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Cool--your own book ready for people to read. That'd be worth some airline carry-on truama, I think.
Very cool! The frustration is always worth it.
Wow! I didn't know you had a 432 page book completed. That is most impressive. I hope that you can get it finished soon! I have a grand total of 25 pages and it isn't moving. So very jealous congrats!
Thank you all. I really appreciate the support.
Hamlet. Think of it this way. You have 25 pages more now than you did when you started. If you keep writing a minimum of 100 words a day you'll soon you'll have 25 more. Little bites; it's the only way to eat an elephant. And the WCB will keep you on track. You can do it. Really, you can.
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