Shoot, I'm not going to be able to finish up 22. My head is hurting too much tonight. Too much stress today I think.

I feel bad I made some people feel bad. Please don't. I sort of wish I could do a take back on all various communications today. Online and otherwise.

Oh well, tomorrow will be better!

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Again, congratulations Amy and Barb! Well done, from following the thread I know you've worked hard to achieve it!

Congrats, Amy!!

Oh, Gud, you didn't make me feel bad! I was making me feel bad all on my own and you relieved some guilt. Nothing but good from over here!

Wow Barb, and yay! Amy! Congratulations to both of you.

Fingers are all crossed for Allyson now.

Congratulations Amy and Barb. That well-deserved news is lovely to hear. I LOVED what I got to read of the YA zombie novel.

~ma for Allyson to get the same kind of good news very soon.

Not much progress last night, but I'm hoping to knock out 22 tonight, then go after the critique Saturday sometime. I'll probably go a day over the week turnaround, but I'm a chapter ahead overall. While the exchange person has been great, I sort of wonder what happens when she runs out of book and I don't. Her's is targeted at 80k and mine at 120k, her chapters (about 4k) are larger than mine (about 2.5k) and I'm a chapter ahead. So I expect I'll be done with her's at the halfway point of mine. Maybe I can look at rewrites or even her other WIP. Dunno.

Anyhow I think I have the all new portions of chapter 23 worked out in my head. About a third of the way through 23, I'll reconnect to the rough draft for awhile. Massive rewriting, but not totally new.

That's a whole new idea for me, Gud -- I've only ever asked people to read something as a favor (and then reciprocated later), or read aloud in critique group.

Thanks so much for the good wishes, everyone! Expect ... well, some freaking out and requests for help as I finish the book, for sure.

That's a whole new idea for me, Gud

Everything is new for me. I'm 1 for 3 trying the exchange. The one is great and doesn't pull any punches. We have very different styles, so I don't agree with everything she points out, but everything is worth considering. One never really got off the ground, and the other is going so slow as to not really do me much good.

As a general note, I'm open to beta reading for anyone here if you need one.

One never really got off the ground, and the other is going so slow as to not really do me much good.

I imagine it's going to be a crap shoot unless it's people you know well, but the one does sound great, so yay!