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[xakara]

I was so tired I nearly cried today. The body can only take so much and I think mine has taken all that it can. But the day wasn't a total disaster. I got a major section revised today. Unfortunately it wasn't in sequential order and my cps will have to wait until I'm lucid enough tomorrow to go back and do the next sections they're waiting to read. I'll get it all straight by tomorrow night. 

I'm rather surprised by the revisions so far. It seemed like a great deal to be done when it was all in my head, but when I got to the actual chapters very little changed. The one problem I came across so far is that I added a good bit of material. Part of my point had been to try to cut about twenty pages if possible. Now I'm a wee bit wonderous of if the plan is going to backfire. I'm not outright panicked yet though. I mean come on, I haven't had enough sleep to be able to safely operate a remote control, I'm in no shape to judge how the edits are going. It's more of an observation right now. 

One thing that stood out? Dialogue tags. Or lack thereof. I apparently have misplaced them and no one who has read it to date has pointed that out save one person. Don't know what I'm going to do about it though until I sleep and can read it all again. I guess it was clear to me who was speaking so it never stood out that the tags were sparse and outright absent in places. Ah, well, if tags and commas are my worse issues, I have no complaints. 

I'll get to become more intimately acquainted with my writing quirks come November when I start edits on the novellas. I'm thrilled to have a time frame in mind now to work with. it happens to fall perfectly into my 13 Week stint of goal oriented goodness no less which lets me know the universe loves me. *dimpled smile* 

I have three months to finish book two (no sweat), get a good bead on uber-cool-new-book, and finish at least one of the two short stories on my goal board before I have to buckle down for edits. In my current punch-drunk tired frame of mind it seems like a lot to take one, and like a highly doable list all in one. There is something to be said for the zen calm of exhaustion.

What was that in back? Speak up sweetheart, I can't understand you when you mumble. What? Why I am here rambling instead of in bed already? Valid question, luv. Well, I wasn't as active as I would have liked and am behind in my steps goal, so I figured I can walk in place to music and type up the blog I said I'd do today. Multitasking at it's finest. So, let's get back to the ramble shall we?

In the same correspondence that let me know my edits were coming up, my editor also weighed in on the name game as I'd asked her too. After much deliberation it has been decided that I'm going to use -- hold on, phone....

Okay, where was I? Oh, yeah, I'm having a genuine fun with the revisions. It's odd and scary and rather nice not to be stressed about it. Of course, who knows how the "awake version" of me will feel. I'm looking forward to finding out. 

What's that? You're mumbling again. Ah, well, whatever it is we'll cover it another time. I have reached my step goal and really much begin pursuing sleep. So that's all for tonight. 

Ramble Done, Kittens. 

~X