Hustle

I’m going to have to hustle today. I’m about a fourth of the way into Peri’s rewrite, and I want to get it done a week before February starts so I can go through it one last time which means I have to pick up the pace a little to have that extra week. Blahh, I do not like being rushed in the rewrite, but I can’t stand handing in something that I’ve not gone through to “clean” it. So hustle I am and plan on doing a little plot editing in the copy edit. Guy is reading it as I go, and he ate four chapters up yesterday, and came looking for more. (Which is a very good sign all the way around.)

At least I’ve got snow to look at, and trust me, it’s easier to sit at a desk when you can see the cold stuff sitting on the ground. Burrr. Even the dogs aren’t eager to go out. It brings the birds in, too. The junipers, especially, look nice right now with a little dusting of snow. It was the robins this year who ate the juniper berries, waiting until after the first frost–which I think is interesting. I’ve no idea who ate the yew berries. Hopefully the winter won’t be so severe and they will grow a little this next year. I’d love a little more privacy. They aren’t getting a lot of sun, and the soil is crap there, but they’re yews, and most survive crammed up against foundations with no light and zero water. We’ll see. First year sleep, second year creep, third year leap. I’m on second year with them, and might do a little shape pruning next spring.