Didn't get much work done today, because of various interruptions.

First, I was awoken early by a delivery man -- I bought some art recently, and it was delivered shortly after 8 this morning. (Not early for most people, I know, but I rarely move much before 9!!!) I decided to pop back to bed for another hour. A few minutes later, there was a ring at the door -- electricians had come to wire up a few of the paintings!!! I had to help them out for a while, which ate up most of my morning work period. Checked my e-mails around noon time, had lunch, then tried to get a bit of editing done.

I'd barely set to work when my phone rang a couple of times and I had to answer. By the time I'd got through with the calls, and answered some more e-mails, most the afternoon was gone, so I wrapped up the chapter I was working on, then let it lie. It means working over the weekend, but that's OK. I enjoy the editing process much more than when I'm writing a first draft. I try not to work more than 5 days a week when I'm on first draft duty, but I can happily go over when I'm editing.

Also, the page proofs for "Demon Thief" arrived from HarperCollins today. I'll get stuck into them once I finish the current edit of Book 6, and that will be the final work I do on the book!!! "Demon Thief" is unusual, in that it's less than a year since I wrote the first draft of it. Usually I'll spend at least 2 years editing a book, but in this case I didn't have the luxury of that much time. I haven't rushed it or taken any short cuts -- I've simply had to work on it twice as hard in half the time as normal!!!