The Holidays

[ivyblossom]

Well, what an eventful holiday it's been! First, lots of babysitting. I got in a few extra hours in there because my nephew got a stomach bug and couldn't keep his play date with his friend. S he was randomly puking in the morning. Not acting sick, just randomly puking and then going back to playing. So my mother, my father and I were all watching him for a day not acting at all sick.

And then I got sick. Nauseated, tired, feeling gross. No one believed that I'm actually sick, of course. They thought I was making it up. I'm considered the family hypochondriac because when I'm seriously sick, I go see a doctor. What a concept.

So today, the phone rings. It's my mother's boss. She asks for my dad.

"Your wife is throwing up," she says.
"I'll be right there," my dad says.

I must say I feel a little pleased by this. I'm not happy that my mother is sick, but I'm glad that she gets to see what I was complaining about. Call me a hypochondriac, will you? Take that.

So other than caring for vomity people, I've been busy editing editing editing editing editing. I really should be completely sick of this manuscript by now, but oddly I'm not. I still like it. I still like everyone in it. I just want the thing to be the best it can be, I want to tell the best story I can. So why oh why do I keep writing these crap chapters? I'm reading over stuff I wrote ages ago and some of it is pretty decent, but then I come across the parts that are crap. Why do I do this to myself?

I'm down to the last 6 chapters. I know there is one major section to rewrite still and I'm staring at it. bonibaru says I'm just stalling, that I'm picking at scabs here and I should just let it go and call it done. But what's the point of not fixing problems I know about? I know you could edit forever, but I'm not just randomly arranging here, I'm fixing things.

Current manuscript total word count: 89,877. That number changes often, and not just in one direction. When I left school a few days ago it was at 84K. Sometimes it's over 90K. I suspect it will be over 90K by the time I'm done with it.

But I'm almost there. ALMOST. So close! So very close!

Comments

[vampiresetsuna.livejournal.com]

LoL!! hope that you're feeling better!

yay!!! you'll be done soon!!! =P *eg* you'll have to let us know when you get it published so we can get in line!

[jacay.livejournal.com]

Your vacation sounds almost exactly like mine in that I've been sick for the last three days and have been editing my butt off. Except that I am so very, very far away from being done, but I only have two days left to finish. Oh well. Good luck on the editing.

[snooks-ranting.livejournal.com]

Feel better hon!

Good luck with the edits!

[lagreyeyes.livejournal.com]

Seems to always be the case - the sensible one goes to the doctor and is labeled a hypochondriac while the others hack away, spread their germs and laugh at those that are sensible!

Good luck with the self-editing. I doubt it's crap; you're better than you think.

In any case, enjoy the holidays and get some rest!