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06/25/2005: "Progress"
Okay. Despite non-writing related obligations, catastrophes, and family life, I have managed to do a little work on Snowbound.
I now have 100 pages left to polish. And I have to completely rewrite the second scene in chapter one, which is a new thing.
See, one of the editor's comments was that it was suggested that the first three chapters could be condensed further to launch the reader more quickly into the story of the h/h. One way of doing this would be to cut back even more on the skiing. There's a general feeling that there is still too much ski detail, especially in chapter one.
So although I've done a lot of cutting, I'm worried that I didn't do enough. So I contacted "my" editor (Oh, I long for the day when "my" won't need quotes! *g*) with my concerns. I was actually thinking to suggest that I send the version I've got, along with another version that cuts the main ski scene out entirely. I have a sneaky suspicion that the other editors really want that scene gone. I, however, believe that it's important to the story, so cutting it would kill me.
Still, I don't want to screw this up, and I'm willing to give the editors two versions from which to choose.
Thankfully, "my" editor was on the same page, and she suggested that very thing. Yay!!! So although it means more work, I think it's the smart solution. I was terrified of sending the version *I* like and having them reject it because I STILL didn't cut enough (cutting back on the ski detail was something suggested in the first set of revisions, too, and apparently I didn't cut enough.)
So anyway, that's where I am right now. Hoping to polish 50 pages today, 50 tomorrow, and then rewrite chapter 1 on Monday. With a little luck, I can send on Wednesday or Thursday. Yay!!!! 
Hope y'all have a nice weekend!!!
