Post-conference highs (and lows)

..I've been negligent, not reporting in. Usually that means that there's too much to say. I'll begin in brief:

Editor Dan read my manuscript. He did not say "It's perfect." He raises the bar high (and that's what I want from him), but all the while I'm inwardly groaning, wanting to play. I feel that way now — but once I'm in the thick of it, that will be where I want to be.

In preparation for rewriting The Next Novel, began rereading Mistress of the Sun: I could so easily take a pencil to it!

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