The bad news is I’ve just cut like a chapter and a half from my manuscript.
The good news is I decided what the problem was this morning or yesterday, can’t remember which exactly, and instead of dithering for three weeks over whether to leave it or cut it, and therefore getting nothing done for all that time, I recognized the problem and am fixing it immediately. This, my friends, is what is called the learning curve. :) It’s a pity, because I like the stuff I’m cutting, but odds are good there’ll be a place for it in another book, and it is much better to be ruthless and fix it now than it is to dink around for weeks. I do not have time to dink around for weeks, and in this case 5K cut is *definetely* a step forward.
Sad, though, as I’d just hit 30K on the book. :)
Back to work. I am almost certain to not make up the 5K today, but if I’m diligent perhaps it’ll be made up by tomorrow. *zoof*!
ETA: Good Lord! URBAN SHAMAN is out as an ebook! Also, I forgot, it’s Monday, so the next chapter of Ill Met by Moonlight is up at the eHarlequin site. :) Oh, and if you really want to read “Banshee Cries”, the novella in WINTER MOON, the anthology is available for ordering now, thanks to eHarlequin’s early release program.
God I love my job. :)