So close

I'm madly trying to refine sample pages from TF for the LaJolla Writer's Conference so I can get them sent in before 9/20 and madly working on revisions so if I do get a bite on it there, I can submit the finished manuscript. I am thankful I tend to revise as I go, although that's not always recommended, but I do it mainly when I'm stuck, so not so much procrastinating as letting stuff gel for a while. I do know I still have some major work to do before I can call it "finished," but I get nervout butterflies in my stomach as I realize how close I am and how close October 19 through 23 is!

On another note (hehe), I got some more inspiration on Guilty Either Way last weekend during a late night drive home from going to see Little Miss Sunshine with my friend Gail. (Great movie, I've actually seen it twice, which I rarely do at the theatre.) I saw something as I was driving and a light came on in the brain and I said, "Eureka! That's it!" Can't say any more, but I was excited. I do really want to make people think with this book.

One author I heard speak or read an interview of lately (and it actually might have been Jodi Picoult...or maybe Jacquelyn Mitchard) said her books were mostly written before she ever started writing. With all that's going on in my life right now, that might happen with this one. I've written several opening chapters, but there is so much more that is already written in my head. Just hope I remember when it's time to put it down on paper. I've tried to add to my outline as I think things through, but sometimes it's not possible (like in the middle of the night when my computer's finally off and I'm supposed to be sleeping...a common occurrrence).

That's all for now. I think I could actually fall asleep if I were ready for bed.