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Hey, everybody. I finished the read through of INCUBUS DREAMS on Saturday morning. We went to the ballet the night before. Trinity was entranced, but it was a three hour show that began at eight, so she was sacked by the time we got home. That boneless, child sleep, where you can put them in their jammies, tuck them in, and they don’t even move. It had been a long time since I’d seen her that hard asleep. Ballet West’s THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, beautiful costumes, and that impressive physicality that I always come away with from almost any dance company. The show was at the Fox theatre one of my favorite venues ever. Trinity’s main complaint was that it differed from the Disney version of Sleeping Beauty. Jonathon’s mom, Mary, went with us, as did our friend Andrew. We got in late, and slept in the next morning, as much as the dogs would tolerate, but I finished the read through the next day.
I know the book works, because I kept having to make myself stop reading and remember to edit. When a book is this fresh in my head, and I’m still caught up in it, I’ve done something right. The book manuscript, pages stacked is almost six inches tall. It is the longest book I’ve ever written. It came in just shy of 1000 pages, but I’ll be adding two small chapters and a few pages here and there, so we might get closer to that 1000 mark. I’m not trying for it, just aware of it.
I have lots of sticky notes on lots of pages, but most of them are small stuff; typos, spelling, some grammar. A lot of the more serious sticky notes are during the police scenes, because I took Anita outside her area of expertise, or mine. I’ll be trying to set up an interview with someone who can answer my questions. Appoitment will have to wait for next week, because tomorrow Jonathon and I are off to a business conference. Since it’s not open to the public, it seems cruel to tell you where we’ll be, because you won’t be able to get in. The professional guests are only allowed one guest a piece. But we’ll be gone until the end of the week.
So going back through the sticky notes and talking to the experts will have to wait a few days. Which is sort of frustrating. It means instead of getting the rewrite done at the beginning of May, it will be more like the middle of May. Okay, it’s like one week later, but the thing is, I am taking two weeks off. I really am. Which means that once I put INCUBUS DREAMS to bed, then I take the break, and only then do I start on the fourth Merry book. Right now the titlte is, A STROKE OF MIDNIGHT. It may, or may not, be the final title.
I need the break between books. I need to relearn how to relax, or at least do other things. But I’m impatient, as always. I want this book done, really done, so I can take my break with a clear conscience. I want the break, and I want to know when I’ll be going back to work so I can start working on the schedule. I always feel better when I have a schedule to work from. There are other side projects that I’m wanting to start on, and I need to figure out how to work them in. Anyway, got to go. Talk to you guys in a few days.