I write two different kinds of manuscripts; the ones I’m so insecure about I’m afraid everyone else will think they’re boring, and the ones I love so much I don’t realize everyone else will think they’re boring.*

*And don’t tell me I’m being neurotic. I KNOW that. You should have seen me before I had ten years of therapy (no, really). Also don’t tell me you can’t see me now. It’s a figure of speech, ok?

Trying to condense 287 pages into a 1 page synopsis is making my brain hurt.

Today I successfully performed my first Lookectomy, a very delicate operation by which I was able to remove 50% of the words,’look,’ ‘looked’, ‘looking,’ etc., without damaging the rest of my manuscript. This is no mean feat*, as anyone who ever tried to find an appropriate synonym will tell you. I also managed to get rid of a whole bunch of ‘Ok’s’ a far less challenging task.

*Why are feat always so mean? Do you think a Snickers would help?