Ali #14, The A-List, a book I sometimes despaired of ever finishing, went to my editor in New York at 3:35 p.m. this afternoon, after putting in several very long ten and twelve hour days, editing the thing word by word. \u00a0As Helen Reddy would say, \u201cIt\u2019s been a long, hard climb.\u201d \u00a0Unlike the old days when I would finish a book and we would then have an ordeal by printing, complete with countless paper jams, all I had to do today was load the document into an e-mail and press send\u2014a godsend as it were!<\/p>\n
Something I\u2019ve learned in the last three months is this: \u00a0It\u2019s not easy to be creative when you\u2019re dealing with some level of chronic pain. \u00a0If my shoulder hadn\u2019t suddenly straightened up and flown right for some unknown reason three weeks ago, I might not have finished the book even now, but I did. \u00a0And Bill, bless his heart, told me I can take the WHOLE WEEKEND OFF before I go to work on the next Beaumont book. \u00a0What a guy!<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve come out of my computer screen stupor just in time to realize that our beautiful Indian summer weather is gone, and what\u2019s outside now is a bunch of dreary, drippy, yellowing leaves. \u00a0We may have a few splashes of color later on, but I\u2019m not holding my breath. \u00a0This morning one of the big fir trees on our lot next door fell down, sometime between 5 am and 6 am. \u00a0Luckily no one was under it when it fell. It was rainy at the time but not especially windy. \u00a0I\u2019m not sure what brought it down, but by six our property manager and a collection of neighbors armed with chain saws were out clearing the road so people could get to work. Thank God for neighbors! \u00a0At this point I feel as though Bill\u2019s and my chain saw days are behind us!<\/p>\n
The fish in the pond are mostly hibernating. \u00a0Will the Big Guy reappear next year? \u00a0Who knows? \u00a0He\u2019s at least seven years old. \u00a0How long do Koi live if blue herons don\u2019t get them first?<\/p>\n
Now it\u2019s time to take a deep breath, count my blessings, and set the table. \u00a0We\u2019re having bean soup for dinner, but it\u2019s going to be a celebratory meal!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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