Finally feeling like I'm getting back into the revision groove. A couple of weeks of taking a break/working on another piece have helped significantly. I've also passed page 100 in the draft, which means I'm more than 1/3rd of the way through the full go-through (at least, go through the first.)
What helped me most, though, was sending the draft to someone--a woman who has been in my writing workshop several times, but she and I will be in different sessions this term--and having to explain to her what will be changing from this draft to final. And when I put it all down in words like that, I was like, "Oh, wait, this isn't that bad. I can do this."
What I am
not happy about are these annoying, gnat-like insects that have made their way into my apartment,
again. I don't know what they are--gnats, probably--but I had the same problem last year, and cleanliness (or lack thereof) doesn't seem to matter to them. My theory is that they come in through the window, because they're small and I only seem to notice them after I've had the window open (which I did this afternoon), and because they always seem to hang out by the window. (Although one adventureous gnat has wandered over to bug me while I'm writing--which is how I discovered they're back.) But it's weird--I'm on the 11th floor, and I thought bugs generally stayed closer to the ground. Bug spray kills them good n' dead, but they come back periodically. It annoys me, and I wish I knew how to get rid of them.
But I sprayed them dead for now, and I am ready for bed.
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