Days since revision letter received: 13
Pages in revision letter: 8
Pages revised: 396
Bottles of wine drunk: 3 (not counting RNA awards lunch)
Chocolate eaten: 1 Extra Special H-Box from Hotel Chocolat
Cups of tea drunk: 56
Percentage decaf: 60
Approximate beginning word count: 98,000
Approximate ending word count: 104,000
Approximate additional words written: 6000
Head bangs on desk: 8
Hugs given to editor: 1
Post-its used: 4
Average amount of times per hour checking Facebook whilst revising: 3
Times I have played the Girl from Mars playlist, from starting the book till now: 158
Hours since revised manuscript was sent to editor: 8
Some of the things I have looked up on the internet while procrastinating: Neil Hannon, stone babies, Abraham Lincoln, Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion, cold cream, Eurovision song contest, restaurants in Reading, why manuscripts get rejected on the first page, and tongue bifurcation.

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1. 
   At 11:33 pm Jan Jones said:

   56 cups of tea? In 13 days?? That’s like… like… only… four a day

   I drink more like 16 a day.

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   At 11:02 am Michelle Styles said:

   Echoing Jan…I suspect my tea habit is out of control.

   I am also amazed at lack of post it notes.

   Congrats on finishing. I am sure it will be wonderful.

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   At 11:33 am Kate Johnson said:

   You counted your cups of tea? Now that’s procrastination.

   However, I’m with Jan: four a day isn’t so bad. I have four cups of coffee before I even get dressed most days.

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   At 11:41 am Julie said:

   You’re all causing me to re-evaluate my number for tea. I did an average of about four a day, but now that I think about it, it was probably more. So 56 is an approximation, probably low.

   I did count the post-its, the words, the pages, the bottles in my recycling bin, and there’s a thingy on my iTunes which tells you how many times you’ve played a playlist. So those are accurate.

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   At 11:56 am Kate Johnson said:

   I’ve just looked at the link on reasons for MSS to be rejected on the first page, and it’s scared the life out of me. I tried to imagine a page that didnt contain any of those peeves…and you know what? It was blank.

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6. 
   At 8:20 pm Kathy Love said:

   Tongue bifurcation! You could totally work that look, Jul. And it would be a great promotional gimmick for our next book.

   Great thinking!
   

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7. 
   At 10:25 pm Julie said:

   Kate, I commit several of those sins on a regular basis. I’ve started two (published) books with my heroine waking up. So kill me.

   Kathy, you’re always that crucial step ahead of me.

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8. 
   At 5:02 am liz said:

   I think the wine count is too low. You need to increase the wine to tea ratio to speed the process of revision!
   lx

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9. 
   At 10:42 pm Fiona Harper said:

   Thanks for posting your ‘revisions’ list, Julie, It gives me the will to live while 1 do mine. Just remember-you ROCK!

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10. 
    At 10:09 am Julie said:

    You’re right Liz, I’ll definitely drink more wine next time.

    Fiona, you ROCK too! You can do it!!!! Just take Liz’s advice about the wine.

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11. 
    At 11:09 pm Danica said:

    Wow, that is quite the list. You’d make a great statistician!

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