The First Day

My Expedotion has started well enough. I spent most of the day going over the first few chapters of my manuscript. A few hours of my day were lost to spending time with my family. My step-mom came to visit for a few days after a year of being in San Francisco with two of my three step-sisters (including my biological sister, I am one of five daughters. Hey! Fiddler on the roof!). But I have to admit it is not the worst thing to loose my time to. I even spent an hour with my dog in the park playing fetch. I think that the time out of the house allowed me to maintain a clear head during my time at the computer, and is probably the reason my eyes don't sting like hell right now. I spent some time this morning writing/editing while alternatly watching The Darjeling Limited (many of you are probably saying "Pffft! Yeah right! She was totally watching the movie." and you may be right). I also spent some time this afternoon re-reading one of my favorite books Go and Come Back by Joan Abelove (may be misspelled) because how can you write if you don't read. My book is titled The Last Dragon. I have been working on it since the 7th grade (a total of six years). When it comes time to finish it (because the time has to come eventually when I can't work on it any more) I will be more then sad to see it go. This book has become such an important part of my life that I can't think of one where I am not working on it. It has literally become my baby (well not really, but you get the point). I emailed an editor of a publishing company (who also happens to be the step-dad of one of my classmates) that offered to help me edit my book only about 30 minutes ago to try and figure out a plan of how we are going to work together over the next month. Hopefully this Expedition will go well and by the end of it my book will be in a place where I can be proud of it (not that I'm unhappy with the way it is now, but it could be better).