October 2, 2009:

So, how did your writing day go, Ms. Yolen? Well, I got up at 5:30 a.m., settled into CURSES FOILED AGAIN, The Final Tidying Up, and except for an hour doing laundry/cleaners/a small week's worth of groceries/wine, I worked on the bloody/blessed thing till 4 p.m. Hardly moved from the chair. An Olympic champion of writing bottoms.

And then (wait for it!) finished it and sent it off to my editor, my agent, my P.A. and (of course) the amazing illustrator.

DONE. For now.

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