I’ve got a pretty good rhythm going revising: 2 kidlit/eco-fiction novels and 2 women’s fiction novels. I am a morning person now–not sure I’m TRULY a 5:30a.m. morning person? But that alarm seems to work if I want to feel as if I’ve really made progress in a day packed with some form of exercise (hiking 2 miles w/Crazy-Girl dog or swimming laps), a sick teen, all the endless errands, and the needs of 6 pets (including Crazy-Girl).

I think the first thing any writer should be told by any keynote speaker, anywhere, is: revision is what writing your novel is/writing your novel is revision.

But you already know that.

And here is a coyote I saw from my bedroom windows the other morning. Clearly amply fed/watered, healthy coat, surviving well–she/he made my day. I mean, look at her/him! Could win the SoCal Coyote category Best In Show–easily.

Yours in what-else-but: revision,

Revision