Paksworld

And it’s gone, and Editor has received it (email is a lot easier, I will admit.  No days of waiting to find out if it actually got there.  OTOH,  no days of absolute safety during which I can’t be told it’s awful.)

So what now?  Well, what now includes pulling out Book Three and easing into it (unless it grabs my arm and yanks me aboard a galloping horse, which books sometimes do),  finding the new Great Map and working on it (though that requires clearing off the kitchen table again…),  thinking up interesting contests for you, dealing with some business-end-of-writing stuff (still haven’t ordered those bookplates, etc.), and some non-writing Lifestuff coming up (marking my Messiah score by rehearsal time, preparing to help with the “fabrication” (technical term, no kidding) of a beef carcass over on a friend’s ranch, and…er….housecleaning.  Something that desperately needs doing between books and sometimes doesn’t get done because the next book is already rocketing along.   But Thanksgiving is coming, with guests, so it must be done.  And then there’s the holiday music schedule, which is (as always) full of rehearsals and performances.   This year our choir’s doing Messiah with the  Austin Symphony and also being the lead choir for the community sing-along Messiah.  Plus Advent and Christmas music.

Soon enough (!) Editor and Agent comments will land on me and I’ll be immersed in the next stage of revision/rewriting.   So do not imagine that I’m lounging idly in a hammock, dozing the hours away.  (Sigh.  Nice thought.)

It went in Untitled.   I need to go back and look at all the titles (none of which grabbed me, but one might grab the editor) and see if I can come up with something that feels right.