Last Day before First Day

I just uploaded chapter 30 of "Special Forces" to my website.

Then, looking over the pile of stuff I have to do, two stand out because they are urgent and on deadlines (there is such a thing as "urgent and not on a deadline").

One is to re-write and polish the synopsis of "Break and Enter", so we can submit the story soon.

The other is to do the developmental edits of "Father of All Things", which need to be done by 24 January. That's just three weeks, and the changes are pretty substantial (or at least they feel like that at the moment).

So I just printed out the letter from our editor and am now cleaning up the desk to make space for all the little notes and "to do" list. I assume this might take a couple days. Thankfully, I can do this kind of editing on my e-reader, so I don't think I'll actually print out the manuscript. Then again, I might. Paper is still different for editing purposes, especially sweeping edits that affect whole chapters.

Good I have two reams of paper in reserve, too.

And if I manage to get 500 words in on Iron Cross or Lying with Scorpions, even better.