On Pondering....

Last night I twittered, "Finished a Full MS. Commence Pondering."

A few people replied, asking what that meant.

Whenver I finish a full manuscript, regardless of how much I love it, I try to spend a few hours (somtimes days, depending) thinking about it. I want to know that I'll feel strongly about it not just in that moment I read the last page, but that the feeling lingers, and the story stays with me, even after I'm done reading.

The first things I think about are revisions:

*How big would w...