Apologies, Copy Edits, and Excerpts

So as is probably apparent to anyone who reads this blog, I have been insanely busy these past few weeks...and my blogging has gone from sparse to nonexistent as a result.  I'm so sorry!  I have a new part-time job, but I am going to try to continue participating in Weigh-In Wednesday and writing book reviews as often as I can.  Another reason I've been busy is that I just finished copy edits for Light Sister, Dark Sister...so that's one good thing!  So to celebrate the completion of copy edits, I've decided to post another excerpt from the book...and this one is the copy editor's favorite part!  So here it is:


Scarlett:
All Hallows’ Eve
The night when the deadreturn and walk the earth,demanding remembrancesfrom the living.
All Hallows’ Eve
The night when the livingcloak themselves in darkness,to escape the noticeof the hungry dead.
But what do you dowhen you’re not sure which sideyou belong to?
What do you dowhen you spend every dayin the twilightstraddling the linebetween two worlds?
What do you dowhen you’re no longer surewhat’s disguiseand what’s true?What hides you from the worldand what reveals you?   

Do you retreat further into shadowsand embrace the night?
Or do you step the other wayand reach for the light?
Bianca:
Halloween 
The night of disguiseswhen everyone transformsinto what they most wantor most fear.
Halloween
The night when normal rulesare tossed awaylike the insidesof a grinning jack-o’-lantern.
But what do you dowhen you’ve started to feel like you’re wearing a costumeevery day?
What do you dowhen you suspect the safety of rulesmay no longer protect youso what’s the pointanyway?
Do you keep your hopes up, smile on,and clutch the last rays of light?
Or do you look for new answersin the murky realm of night?