Halfway There

At last, I've passed the halfway point in Chant, leaving about 68K yet to be revised.  Tomorrow I need to invest the time in redoing my timeline reference so I can keep straight who knows what when, and where they are when they know it.

I'm rather enamoured with my new revision strategy.  If a section is troublesome, my first move isn't to fix it.  I figure out if I can cut it instead.  No more wheel-spinning.  By the time I reach the end, I'll likely have cut nearly ten percent from my over-140K novel.

I want to finish revisions in two weeks.  I am so ready to hand this off, to get it ripped apart, to see what else needs fixing and tweaking.  Then I'll be glad to send it on its way and pick up the next project--something completely different.

Happy Dance!

Today I received word that all my course petitions were awarded full credit.  The only class I need to finish is the one I'm currently taking.  It will wrap up in a little over four weeks, and though there are a couple large projects, it's nothing difficult.

The credits haven't shown up on my transcript yet.  I won't quite believe the credit award until they do, but I'm acting as if I'll be finished with school by the end of February.  Twenty-odd years to complete a four year degree.  Sheesh. 

I will celebrate the first full week of March, in Hawaii.  Really.  (Okay, it's a work-related trip but--Hawaii!)

There was one note in the course evaluation that made me laugh.  "There are a few instances in which the student has overstated the role of nutrition in health and wellness."  That's a bit like saying, "The writer has overstated the role of words in creating a story."

No revision progress today.  Yet.  Let's see what I can manage before weariness takes over.