brrrrr

it's cold in here. i have the windows wide open, so i guess i'm just a glutton. but i have a press pot to keep me warm. green tea (something the detox queen would frown upon). i also just finished two book yesterday--both of which i did not want to finish. being the animal lover that i am, reading about a woman whose dog died of cancer had me sobbing, but the story did have a positive ending. i'm surprised mike didn't come in the room and say, "see! that's why i don't like to read!" work has been good this month. other than one small project that i ended up having to give up on due to lack of direction. i wish editors would understand that if they just say, "write about blank" and i write about blank, they can't keep asking for revisions and then after FIVE revisions finally say, "oh, you might want to look at what we did last year for ideas." um, yeah, would have been more helpful a month and five revisions ago! and by now, the price per word has gone from 30 cents to a penny per word. thanks but no thanks. i'm not a quitter (although you wouldn't know it from the three-day detox). i hate to give up, but i also know when it's time to draw the line. the pre-cancer me would have kept at it until i hated the story (and editor) just because i used to want to make everyone happy all the time. now i only care about my happiness (and mike, and the cats).