Words and Sniffles

I'm working on compiling a comprehensive outline of the first draft of my novel, after placing the work aside for about a month.  The book needs a lot of work, to say the least.  However, there are some good points to save.

Unfortunately, the process of getting in touch with my inner critic once more and revising the he## out of my novel is coming at a time when my head is going to explode with a nasty cold.  After three hours of reading and marking up my printed manuscript, my eyes are literally puffy and red and I can't breath with my mouth closed (get the picture?).  Now I'm off to get some sleep so that I can do the working thing and get back on to revising.  Hopefully I'll have more to report soon, but I don't want to push myself into an immune system shut down.  That just wouldn't help my productivity. 

Up and...writing

Well, I'm back.  For the next three months I'm going to be focusing on taking on the arduous task of revising my novel.  I have no fantasies of this being an easy process and I'm probably going to want to rip my hair out (or maybe just my brain), but when I eventually have that final draft in my hands the work will all be worth it. 

As I go along I'll try and report in on how things are going, what I'm reading and "ah-ha" moments that I'm hoping to have plenty of in the coming months.