Whew! Finished the cut-and-trim... and I have to go back ...

Whew! Finished the cut-and-trim... and I have to go back through the whole manuscript and cut another 3500 words before I can turn it in. And I'm ENORMOUSLY pleased - with the story, with the characters, with the sub-plots, with the new printer, bless its sleek little black self. I managed to slip in a number of Poe references, which pleases me (since at the time of the story, Poe has written barely a handful of poems and was working mostly as a reviewer) (he's hiding out in Washington from the husband of a romance novelist whose work he has derided - and is looking for a job because writing, then as now, doesn't make ends meet).

But, it's been a LONG day.