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Today I’m not, not afraid to die

Goal 1) Revise BM&A3

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 21, 240 pages in
Where I am: Lesson 21, 249 pages in
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
Ugh, so many handwritten pages to type in the last two weeks. But I think I’m done with the bulk of them now.

I’m on track to finish the type-in next week! And I’ve already reached out to my editor, Audrey, and she says I can send it to her as soon as I’m ready. She does have a regular job now, so she said she won’t be able to get it back to me quite as quickly as before, but that will give me time to finalize the cover and description. But we are certainly barreling toward the finish line here, folks. Not gonna count my chickens just yet, but I might be able to release this before the end of the year.

Nice try, but you can’t avoid this forever

Goal 1) Revise BM&A3

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 21, 180 pages in
Where I am: Lesson 21, 189 pages in
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
You know, it’s really hard to type when there’s a cat lying in your lap in front of your keyboard. Too bad there’s no way to just scan my handwritten pages into text. That would be neat.

I know that this will hurt if you let go of me first

Goal 1) Revise BM&A3

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 21, 120 pages in
Where I am: Lesson 21, 132 pages in
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
Andrew says I should be more descriptive in my posts, but honestly, this is the most boring part of the whole revision. Not for me; I love seeing everything come together and fall in place. But really, all I’m doing is taking each page of printed manuscript, in order, copy-pasting what I can from the draft document, and typing in any changes or additions I’ve made on paper. There is no thought involved in this process (or at least, very minimal thought; any on-the-fly changes at this point are only wording/grammar/punctuation tweaks).

Maybe that’s part of why I like it. Other than, you know, almost being done.

Crop circles in the carpet

Goal 1) Revise BM&A3

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 21, 60 pages in
Where I am: Lesson 21, 63 pages in
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
Ehhh, it’s going. Nothing significant to report.

You gave me nothing whatsoever but a reason to leave

Goal 1) Revise BM&A3

My Goal: Finish one lesson every two weeks (roughly)
Where I planned to be: Lesson 20, complete
Where I am: Lesson 20, complete
On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
I told y’all I’d be back.

Next up, the type-in. The final stretch. Somehow, despite all the breaks, I’m actually still on track to finish this by my original deadline of 8/25, even if I only do 20 pages a day. But I’ve been down this road before and, uh, 20 doesn’t sound like a lot, but there are gonna be days where it is a lot.