Breaks

I spent the day yesterday with my writer friends - and their eight kids (and at one point, I think ten as the neighbors joined in). What a hoot. It was loud, chaotic, fun, and a good break from our normal daily routines.

But today it's back to the grind as we get down to our edits and back to work. Or at least I'll get down to my edits. Lots of work to get done. And I'm falling behind.

And this was supposed to be vacation week as hubby has the whole week off. Sigh. So much for that idea.

Fortunately, most of my edits are minor things - misplaced commas, split infinitives, change of wording. So I should be able to knock them out pretty fast and maybe we can salvage some of our week.

If not - it's all good. We'll just celebrate when we can. After all this time, we don't need anything grand. Oh, what are we celebrating? Our 34th anniversary.

Wow.
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Progress last night - none. Too tired after the day! :)
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Birthdays: Georg Stiernhielm, Laurence Eigner, Ann Beattie

Tips and Teasers: This is National Lighthouse Day. Most lighthouses are automated, but some still have people living there. Do some research and find one your character could live in. Where is it? What’s special about this one?

Thought for the day: “In writing, habit seems to be a much stronger force than either willpower or inspiration. Consequently, there must be some little quality of fierceness until the habit pattern of a certain number o words is established. There is no possibility of saying, “I’ll do it if I feel like it.” – John Steinbeck