Like many of you, I’m doing Nanowrimo so I’ll have to make myself scarce for the next month.  I’ve missed my book but as a result of doing a few of those Featured Grown-up topics I picked up some new readers.  Rather than going back to the book I decided to focus on getting to know you.  Come to find out, a lot of you, I have a whole bunch in common with. 

My original readers know I started this second book on Xanga, posting protected, chapter by chapter.  And I relied heavily on the advice people gave.  I’m a little bit scared to be heading off alone but it will free me up.  The thing I hate and the thing I’ll appreciate is that I won’t be editing.  Knowing I had an audience each night made me sweat the small stuff.  I guess there’s nothing too small to sweat but what I’m looking forward to is just writing the story; getting some good momentum going.

What I’ll hate is myself in the morning.  I remember from last year what it was like.  Instead of sitting down to lovely comments from you I would make myself go straight to the 1600 words I’d thrown together the day before.  Oh, the embarrassment.  I’d have to hurriedly pick through it, fixing the more offensive wrongs.  I’m going to try not to do that this time.  Because, really, that’s my favorite part and I don’t like to be rushed.   I like the first edit to be leisurely and thorough.  I’m getting myself all worked up; this is like foreplay.

So I’ll be checking in and you do, too.  I’ll try to keep reading everyone but I’m not going to comment much.  (Sure, Pru).