Comments on: What We Can Do & What We Have to Leave for Later http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/ Moving Forward on the Writing Path Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-542 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:30:59 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-542 Praise that boy big-time; pretty soon, you’ll be wanting him to empty the dishwasher! Right now, he sounds like one of those vacuum cleaners that lets you soap things up at the same time. :)

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-541 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:30:15 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-541 Shawna-Fantastic on the manuscript–that’s incredible! My head’s spinning, too. :)

The towel thing makes me crack up–it’s so true. Isn’t it sick how, when it gets bad enough and we need a break, cleaning out sounds fun? I’m trying to figure out what I should tackle today–kitchen or bathroom!

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-540 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:28:48 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-540 Yay for more shelves! I got three free ones by cleaning things up. I don’t think there’s an inch more room in here for another actual set–I wish!
Thanks for the congrats. :)

]]> By: Andra M. http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-539 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:23:27 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-539 Like you, I put off the housework until an avalanche (or twelve) threatens.

My son’s been helping though. When he crawls on the floor, he drools and picks it up along with dog hair and other dirt with his belly and knees.

He gives a whole new definition to the term “spit-shined.”

Congrats on completing your manuscript!

]]> By: Shawna http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-537 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:21:47 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-537 Like you, the last several months have been spent working on a manuscript; 100,000 words written and polished in 4 months. It makes my head spin.

Also like you, my house is… shall we say less than gleaming. : )

So I’ve set aside today for a task that is long overdo and yes, I’m excited about it. I’m going to take everything out of the linen/craft/game closet–why is it that kids pick the bottom towel in the stack?– refold and organize to my heart’s content.

Right now scrabble is scrabbled, I don’t know where all the memory game pieces are hiding and battleship? Well, it looks like it has been torpedoed.

Congratulations on finishing the critique book!

]]> By: P. J. Hoover http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-533 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:18:08 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-533 Building bookshelves! I’ve been putting it off, but Spring Break is right around the corner.
Congrats are getting it done!

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-532 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:50:24 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-532 Jaimie–I did laundry ALL day yesterday. Not fun, but definitely necessary.

]]> By: Jaimie http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-531 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:58:50 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-531 Congratulations Becky! It’s great hear that you’ve finished the book. Well, from the look of my laundry pile I know exactly what I’ve been neglecting.

I’ll get to it soon (at least that’s what I tell myself). :)

Jaimie

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-530 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:04:47 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-530 Thanks! It’s due to come out January 2010–they call that Fall, 2009! :) I think I’ll probably be doing revisions for them spring & summer? Maybe? Not sure!

Oh, great–thanks for the bills reminder. Well, really, I think opening up THREE bookshelves is a bit mroe important!

Did you ever see the Bob Newhart (the old show) where he pays bills? My son & I went on a binge with the DVDs for the show & that one was a crack-up.

I’ve never been able to write much at night before, but lately when son and husband sit down to a movie I don’t want to watch (think gross, gory visuals!), I’ve been writing and it’s been great.

]]> By: beckylevine http://beckylevine.com/2009/03/02/what-we-can-do-what-we-have-to-leave-for-later/#comment-529 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:02:45 +0000 http://beckylevine.com/?p=515#comment-529 Thanks, Jordan. Kelly was my acquisitions editor–I owe her LOTS of roses and much chocolate. My editor is Scott Francis–we’ve just done a little bit together, but he’s been great.

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