When I opened my file to get back to editing GOING POSTAL, I realized (to my horror) that I wasn't on page 279 at all. I was on page 140 or so--only about half as far as I thought I was. So, I spent much of the weekend editing, only to end up about 30 pages behind where I thought I was on Friday. There isn't a lot of justice here.

I still say that rewriting is hard work.

Karen has been feeling sick, but the weather, which has been a bit nippy, suddenly turned warm and we had to go outside and enjoy it. We walked to one of our neighborhood grocery stores and stocked up on dates (my favorite) and toilet pape (another favorite). When I'm not reading submissinos, I'm reading THE TURTLE MOVES! Lawrence Watt-Evan's overview of the Discworld saga. He's got an interesting take and he's read a lot more of these stories than I have (I didn't even know there were Discworld science books). There's also a cool picture on the cover. I've also got PRINCIPES FURY on my to-be-read pile, so I'm overwhelmed again.

I'm going to make Korianna by Kristina O'Donnelly the www.BooksForABuck.com book of the day. With the Roman Republic convulsed by civil war, King Mithridates tries to carve out an empire for himself--beginning with the murder of tens of thousands of Romans in Anatolia. In that world, a young woman tries to unravel the mysteries that have confounded her life--and to forge a relationship with a Roman officer. Emotional and full of adventure, only $3.99. Learn more, read the free excerpt, or buy the entire eNovel here: http://www.booksforabuck.com/rompages/rom_2006/korinna.html. (Available in HTML, Adobe Acrobat PDF, Palm Reader/eReader, Palm DOC, Microsoft Reader and Mobipocket formats). Here's the cover:

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