i'm afloat

hello gentle readers!

i've been waiting on my copyedits and

it feels exactly like being forced away from

a lover. i compared just beginning a novel

like getting to know a new crush. but now

that i've revised Fury of the Phoenix a good

3.5 times with my editor, i'm much more familiar–

at the point where i can choose a certain word

choice i used to search the doc and jump to the

part of the story i want to be at.

this familiarity is comforting, and one needs to
work up to it as with any love...