I CAN HAS REVISIONS NAO?

[rj_anderson]

Gacked from snowrabbitses: 1" hole + large octopus = awesome.

Also, the nice lovely courier man rang my doorbell and smilingly delivered my package from HarperCollins today. I nearly kissed his shaggy-bearded face, but I do have some dignity left somewhere around here. I think.

Anyway, I have only had time to glance over the long letter and the numerous comments my editor scribbled on the manuscript, but what I can see looks quite sensible and not at all discouraging. There is a lot of work ahead of me -- tightening, reframing, clarifying, and moving information around -- but hardly any suggestions that I'd disagree with. And even on those few points where I do disagree that something needs to change or be cut, I see that the fault is mine for not explaining that aspect of the story more clearly, and that the difficulty will probably go away once I've done that.

I have no idea how long it's going to take me to actually do the revisions, or exactly how I'm going to tackle them. But I do feel that the end result will be very worthwhile, and that nothing of real value will be lost in the process.

Now if I can only get over the cold, and the PMS, and the three bored, snowbound kids yelling at each other...

Comments

[snowrabbitses.livejournal.com]

The octopus was so cool, glad you liked.

I do feel that the end result will be very worthwhile, and that nothing of real value will be lost in the process.
Sounds like the best possible outcome. I wish you maximum inspiration with minimal perspiration (not that working hard isn't a good thing).

three bored, snowbound kids yelling at each other
uh-oh. You must have the patience of a saint!

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

You must have the patience of a saint!

Nah, it's just that they're mine, so I don't have much choice! :D

And thanks for the kind words. (And the octopus video.)