I finished reading "Friday Night Knitting Club" by Kate Jacobs last night. It was a good, quick read and something relatively light, which I've been looking for to counterbalance the tough biotech material I've been reading for work. It's also been a good excuse (OK, I admit, a feeble excuse) to avoid reading and continuing to cut down my own book.
I've been ridiculously tired lately, so by the time I've got my son in bed and have an hour or so before I absolutely must get myself in bed, I find myself falling asleep at my desk. By then, I'm reading the same paragraph over and over, because I keep nodding off mid-sentence and losing my place.
So, now it's the weekend and it's 9 p.m. on Saturday and I'm just sitting down to read and edit. And, my son will be ready for me to read him to sleep in about five minutes. He took a late nap and it's not a school night, so he's going to bed later than usual.
The good news is that my book is less than 300 pages now. And I'm about to cut another 10 pages or so as soon as I get done reading to Jack. There's a whole trip to Chicago that I decided to edit from the book. I'll save it in a separate file, of course, but it's time to listen to my proofreader's advice and cut the dead weight.
So, good night, sweet dreams and wish me luck -- luck that will help me stay focused on my book before I pick up something else from the library that I just have to read before I continue editing my own novel.
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