Hi, friends:
First, a question: Is it still a “rewrite” when you’ve essentially deleted 160 pages from a 280-page book?
This week’s been hard. Teddy was sick and home with me on Monday. Isaac was sick and home with me yesterday. At the same time, I’ve hit upon a tricky bit of this rewrite. But: something that is helpful to keep me going on these hard days is when I check my email and I see that I’ve gotten a tiny payout from a monthly subscriber. And I guess I just wanted to celebrate my freedom of having both kids back in school today by taking a break from the rewrite to give a quick THANK YOU to said paid subscribers.
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