TC, one of my brill readers, wrote late last night, saying how much he was enjoying the mss and that he'd have it back to me soon. Very kind, soothing to my fragile author ego (and then of course will come the very helpful concerns/suggestions).
Have been doing an admirable job of not messing with the mss, though it is sitting on my nightstand, whispering to me in the darkness.
Full disclosure: Scribbled out a couple of Post-It notes and stuck them to the cover page.
Fuller disclosure: Figured out a major internal issue Q and my age 17 self share.
Note: keeping busy today reading an mss for a beginning writer.
