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Philosophical Monday: Finishing up, Thank You, and Happy Valentine’s Day

First, I’m finishing up the last big draft of THE AWESOME GIRL’S GUIDE TO DATING EXTRAORDINARY MEN, and I’ll have to to hunker down if I want to get it off to the copy editor on time. This is the rather interesting part of the process, where you’re both satisfied with and sick of your novel. It’s kind of like flipping a house. You’ve put all this work into it, now it’s time to sell this place and move onto another tear-down fixer upper. Of course your realtor (agent) and buyer (editor) will do their own inspections and negotiate more changes, but for now the big remodel is done, and all I have to do is bring in a cleaning crew (copy editor) to make the house sparkle.

Second, I want to say thank you for all of the comments and private messages that you’ve sent. Last week was hard, not just emotionally, but also work-wise, because I was both recovering and catching up. You made it easier. Thank you especially to all of the women who shared their miscarriage stories with me. At my lowest, I took so much solace in the fact that I was not alone, and I cannot thank you enough for that.

Third, Happy Valentine’s Day! CH and I actually celebrated yesterday, because of his weird work hours, but then cut the evening short because he had a chest cold. I don’t have any problems with or high expectations for Valentine’s Day, but I think I might be from the Black-History-Month school of thought on this. Why not celebrate black history every month? Why not celebrate your love every day? Anyway, I’m wondering how many other people celebrated yesterday as opposed to today and what your plans are. Sound off in the comments!

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