…I received my edits early!  Hooray!

Contrary to what you might expect, I’m very happy about this.  I was expecting the edits for Dangerous Lies in January some time, based on what I experienced with Run Among Thorns.  January’s not going to be a good month for fitting in extra work, so I was pleased to get the file and e-mail on Sunday, and be able to do most of the work the same day.  I so totally rock. 

In find, with distance, that many of my editor’s queries can be dealt with by simply deleting the ambiguous phrase.  It’s odd how many sentences and scenes are just as strong, if not stronger, for simply cutting out something you’d struggled to say clearly.

I’m perpetually amused, though, by how many everyday phrases in UK English don’t translate so well into US English.  “Tits up,” “push the boat out,” and “adding two and two to make five” were some of the culls for this book.

And this book… is rather good.  I’m happy with it, surprised by how well it works now it’s all together, and really, really looking forward to holding it in my sticky mits (does that phrase translate?) some time before June 2009.  I’m also, believe it or not, already beginning to get nervously excited about reviews.

*wiggle*