Tons of novel edits this weekend, no doubt a byproduct of the long, lazy summer reaching its end. Mornings are cooler, the air drier, and my patience, longer. Amen, my brothers and sisters. Fall knocks for thee.

On average, clearing about 15-20 pages a week. Some weeks net 15 brand new pages — like last weekend — while others involve heavy revisions of existing tracts. The watershed mark is page 250-260. Clear of that point, it’s about fine tuning existing material. But I am not there yet.

The last 2-5 pages will be completely rewritten, and it may take weeks to get that very last mile right. Which is reasonable, since beating the first 30 pages into submission made for one month of sheer madness. And the anniversary of that fest is two years ago this October. Enough writing already. Finish the book!