Nov. 21, 2014

Sky all overcast, gray, pregnant with rain (I hope) and not snow (I hope), and I'm bouncing up and down here at the computer writing to you because I'm finishing the edit today (well, maybe tomorrow) on NEMESIS -- the next Savich and Sherlock, out this upcoming summer. Here's what happened. I finished the book a couple of months ago, (as you already know). I then reread it, realized it was in bad trouble and really needed help and rewriting -- so that's what I've been doing. I think it's solid now and exciting -- Phew! Well, this has never happened before, that is, needing to rework a manuscript to such a huge extent, but it only proves that life isn't boring, and you never know what's coming, and regardless of what lands on your doorstep, you shouldn't despair. Well, maybe a little bit in the dark of the night listening to the house settle, listening to the cats moving around, then climbing up to settle on your chest to twitch their whiskers against your cheek and your eyes pop open and -- that's enough --