to revise or not to revise

I've made an executive decision to put my shrunken manuscript aside for a while. I have two conferences coming up in the next couple weeks, and I won't be able to give the book my full attention until all of that excitement is over. I just picked up my pages and carried them – with small ceremony, the soft strumming of guitars in the background – to my desk in the (very messy) office, where they will wait undisturbed for my return. I'm hoping to get back to work on the book when I have my...