So, if you write a novel, and someone suggests that, after you think you're done, before you send it to the publisher, you print it out and read it...
Listen to them, okay?
What works on the computer screen looks way different on the printed page, especially if you print the page like it'll look in a book. You find you can suddenly live with shorter sentences, and chop off lots of dialogue tags ("Go to Heck," he cursed. The tag is the 'he cursed' part)
I'm profoundly sick of this novel. The words don't seem like my own any longer... I want to send it to the editor and practice my awards acceptance speech (into my pillow, of course. My 11-year-old daughter assures me it's safe) instead.
But I'll finish the slog. This weekend is it for this novel, I'm shipping it Monday morning.
If I survive.
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