I just sent off my copy-edited MS pages. I spent the weekend catching numerous errors in my prose, half-deleted sentences, awkward word choices, and the like. All the while praying that I wasn't introducing all new errors.
In two months, more or less, I get my page proofs. And I swear I'll give myself more time with these (they should arrive after classes have ended, so good there). And right now, I'm tired, and wishing that my "sleep for a week" week started today. Unfortunately, I have to get through three teaching days before I can do that.
There is a little triumph here, tempered with some fear. But mostly, It's: "Okay, where are all those things that I put off for the last two weeks while I finished this thing?"
Time to rest and enjoy this is coming soon, I promise. But for the next 3 1/2 days, it's nose to the grindstone time.
Woo-hoo! It's Miller Time! (Only with something better than Miller, I hope!)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteMany congrats - that's a huge hurdle overcome!!
ReplyDeleteYay!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! But hasn't the copyeditor caught most of your half sentences?
ReplyDeleteHope you can have a celebration..
"Okay, where are all those things that I put off for the last two weeks while I finished this thing?"
ReplyDeleteAmen, alas, but that shouldn't diminish the knowledge of a shedload of work done even if the rest must be postponed. Congratulations!