So much for having only about 50 pages left to edit on Freak Parade.

Jay has been gracious enough to keep allowing me read aloud to him every word of Freak Parade. By Friday evening, we'd gotten up to Chapter 9. However.... Some elements of Chapter 7 had him raising an eyebrow and Chapter 8 was pretty much a complete washout of confusion over exposition. (Isn't exposition a real bitch, gang?) So...

Back to the revisions. I finished (I hope!) Chapter 7 over this weekend. And Chapter 8 will be revised for about the twelfth time this coming week. (I do think I'm going to have to spend some time editing while I'm in NYC.) Then I'll skip back up to Chapter 17 and continue on down the old home stretch. I'll still be pretty much on target for the deadline.

Aren't I lucky, though? To have someone in my life who is willing to listen raptly to every word I've ever written and give me an honest opinion, to boot? I hope all the rest of you out there are just as lucky.

All right, well. The good news is that the camcorder is stupefyingly simple to use so I'm taking it to NYC with me. So don't despair; you'll get to be with me every moment -- won't that be fun???

Okay, gotta run, gang. Happy Valentine's Day! Thanks for visiting.