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Saturday, February 21, 2004

I forgot there was a chapter (of The Heir) most of which could be salvaged, so once I got it properly named and placed in the right order, I have 51K+ words. Which means I cut 5000 words of deadwood, and that, my friends, is cause for celebration. (repeat this frequently.) Two more good reviews of the Spare on Amazon, both of which greatly and specifically disagree with the person who disliked it which makes me feel much better. People are allowed not to like a book, and I think the disagree-er has some points and plainly disliked Sebastian a great deal. But, since The Spare is my book, I can also say that when I read my own work I sometimes see every single flaw and feel every single shortcoming, and I hate the book exactly like the person who did hate it. But, that time a while back when I read the book in ARC format, it was really good, and Sebastian was great. What I really want now is to whip The Heir into shape so that it makes its own story. I do so much prefer to edit than write from scratch.

Also, I burned my hand today in a very stupid blunder and it really really really hurts. I have taken a vicodin and can now feel myself floating off to I-feel-no-pain-land. I hope it's better tomorrow because I have to drive my son to wushu in Berkeley, and that is a long time with no ice.

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