This week's craving...my manuscript!

Wow. Where did February go? I know it's a short month, but seriously?!

Good news is the edit is well on its way. I'm almost halfway through it now and that is a very good thing, because I'm more than halfway through this pregnancy. And let me tell you something, I may not like writing much right now (though in the last few days that's improved a bunch!), but this is nothing to how useless I'll be for the first four months of newborn-motherhood.

For those of you not in the know, birth to four months of age is blur of sleep deprivation, hormones, and loss of self. Oh, there are compensations. Mine will come in the form a sweet baby girl to cuddle and care for, not to mention the three sweet boys who already make my life worthwhile.

Anyway, the point is writing is going to take a back seat once my little princess arrives. Therefore, it is vital to my sanity (and Stan's, I'm assuming) that I finish this--my last draft (hopefully for some time anyway)--before the blessed event.

In a perfect world, I would finish in good time and Stan could shop it around while I heal up and rest. Everyone knows it takes months to run a manuscript through its paces, so if my timing is right I should be able to sit back and hope the editors take their sweet time.

And so, my job right now and is to blast through this manuscript and whip it into marvelous condition.

To my delight (as mentioned earlier) this is not such a difficult task at the moment. I find I have never enjoyed my story so much and I get as big a kick out of it as I do reading right now--which is nothing short of miraculous.

Heck, if this 'writing craving' lasts, I'll be done in a few weeks and have plenty of time to shop for pretty pink baby clothes!