So, 8,000 words from the end of book 2, I set it aside. I couldn’t finish it in time before my revision letter. Now I am back to Betrayed, checking facts and figures again. Learning how to put footnotes in documents and wishing the text color changed automatically when I delete it in track changes and it goes to a balloon.  See, I work with a black screen.  Easier on my eyes that way.  But the balloons appear white and the automatic text which goes from black on a white screen to gray on a black screen automatically, shows up gray on a white balloon and invisible to see.  And I haven’t figured out how to change the color of the balloon.  So, for every balloon showing deleted text, there is a second showing I’ve changed the balloon font to a dark red.  The screen now looks *very* busy.

And I’m very busy. And grumpy. See, people see the number of pages I need to work on and say they understand I’m busy.  And honestly, every revision means work on all the pages of the book, it’s the nature of the beast, so every revision means 3-400 pages of work, but when it’s an invisible file and they only see you staring at a computer screen, that’s no big.  So, now it’s all printed out and lots of people *say* wow, that’s a lot, I understand.

What they really mean is: here, let me throw a token nod your way so you’ll be more amenable to listening to my problem and doing what I need you to do.

Want to know what’s really funny about that? Most of the ones I’m talking about will never read my blog.  Of the ones who do, all of them will think I’m talking about them and it’s not justified.
Ahhh, family dynamics.  I just put my revisions on hold for my very tired and grumpy 6th grader who’s having an unusual problem grasping simple and basic math. Now, I will go spend time with my dh. Staying up until 4-5 am so I can have necessary quiet time does not make for good family quality time.

But, thankfully, Craig has solved my dilemma. He rented X-Men 3 for me which I have been wanting to watch for months.  So, I’ll now turn off the laptop, close all my research books, put away my revision papers and try to let my head silence as I spend time with my family.

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