1. This week, one of my top-choice publishers requested revisions on The Revolution of Every Day. We’ll be talking about it on Tuesday. I’m stuck somewhere between excited and terrified, because I have no idea what changes they’ll ask for, if they’re changes I’ll agree with, if they’ll even be doable. But let’s be optimistic, shall we? This is a huge step in the right direction.
2. I’ve been a shamefully promiscuous reader of late. I can’t seem to settle down with any one book. Right now I’m reading Glaciers, Bringing It to the Table, Damascus, and The Gravedigger’s Daughter. I’ve had the last two on the go for way too many months now, which isn’t a reflection on the books at all but rather an indication of how completely scattered I’ve been.
3. Are any knitters still out there? Because I’m unloading a bunch of yarn on Ravelry. I’ve got some up now, with lots more to come.
4. Speaking of optimism, I bought the summer starts today: tomatoes, peppers, cukes, eggplant… I never put the heat lovers in this early. I’ll cloche them at night for a while, and we’re due for some ridiculously warm weather in the next few days, but it’s still risky. But you can’t garden and be a pessimist. It just doesn’t work.
5. What I really want to be reading right now:
I think I’ll go do exactly that for however long I have left in Girlie’s nap. So make it five books on the go. No one’s keeping score, right?
Not keeping score here. I’m in a similar boat with the books!
In my experience, when a publisher asks for revisions (with the assumption the revisions are legitimate — not “can you cut it by half and make it a romantic mystery?), they are intending to publish it. Congratulations, Cari.
Thanks, Donigan! I’m guardedly optimistic.
Happy Mother’s Day! Just checking in. We did plant our tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and squash last weekend. May 15 is proper safe date in Iowa per the Farmer’s Almanac so we were a little early, but it has been unseasonably warm here as well. Best of luck with the revisions! I am looking forward to reading your book 🙂
Though I’m usually just a lurker on your blog, I had to write to tell you good luck on Tuesday. I can’t wait to read your books.
Ooh! I love luring the lurkers out of hiding! Thanks, Joan.