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What I Said This Week on Twitter

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  • It's September. How did THAT happen? #
  • trishisthinkingagain: If you have a kindle, SOMETHING LIKE NORMAL is only $1.99 at amazon. For that price,… http://t.co/cxWCHAHw #
  • Rory and Amy make me feel all the feelings. #DoctorWho #
  • In utterly unrelated news, still not king. #
  • Playing with pillows on the back deck on a Sunday morning. http://t.co/mSxHUBhq #
  • Reading… http://t.co/SXUVWty1 #
  • Driving up to Silverthorne this afternoon for a #Nia jam. Beautiful day to head into the mountains! #
  • I do believe it's just about time to watch The Asylum of the Daleks again… #DoctorWho #
  • Today's temp #tattoo some swag from @lainitaylor's Daughter of Smoke & Bone. http://t.co/4kiJbR8Q #
  • Lovely Labor Day BBQ with family and friends! Ate all the things. #
  • Business stuff: as promised, I will reopen to queries after midnight tonight, mountain time. That's in just over two hours. #
  • Though you should feel more than free to wait to send tomorrow. Or the next day. #
  • Hanging with Daddy at our Labor Day BBQ. http://t.co/nQYztLc0 #
  • Phases of a paper lantern. http://t.co/JjBHesGu #
  • *peers nervously at her reopened query inbox* #
  • In the mail today: 3 contracts, 2 checks, 1 royalty statement, 1 requested sub, and 2 spam query letters. #notbad #
  • Did you guys know the @maureenjohnson is going to be the keynote speaker at KidLitCon 2012?http://t.co/1OCjoSvd #
  • On my way to meet @sarahockler for lunch! #
  • Makes me want to spend $500 on the box set: All Eight Harry Potter Movies in Thirteen Minutes http://t.co/k30TRtfo via @The_MarySue #
  • And then I stabbed myself with a dagger. (Technically, it's my envelope-opener and staple-remover.) http://t.co/kCYfGWsC #
  • Going to sleep with the back patio door open to the sounds of crickets = happy. #
  • This is a GOOD plan. “@carrharr: In case of zombie attack, I HAVE A PLAN. http://t.co/nT3uJJ7Q” #
  • I succumbed. http://t.co/SDnGUgBF #
  • #TeamCandyCorn “@maureenjohnson: It's time we declared allegiances. Are you #TeamCandyCorn or #TeamCandyCornIsEvil I AM THE SECOND ONE." #
  • Lost a good friend this morning to cancer. Stupid effing disease. #fuckcancer #
  • Thank you all for your kind words today. I'm gonna go curl up with my sweeties, I think. #
  • *mutters something incomprehensible from a stack of royalty statements* #
  • EHMERGERD. WANT. http://t.co/viOzKwNX (via @carrharr) #
  • Right before he tossed two handles of pebbles at me. http://t.co/0MEJpuO7 #
  • Handfuls, that is. RT @DaphneUn: Right before he tossed two handles of pebbles at me. http://t.co/0MEJpuO7 #

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BEA was hectic, of course, and after getting through the most pressing follow-up I needed to do, I’m left with a giant (metaphorical) pile of reading to do. Here’s the problem, though — the more material I have on a project, the longer it takes me to read. Well, sure, that only makes sense. But follow along with me here for a sec — a query which contains a letter and about three pages of text takes about five minutes to read, roughly. At the moment, I have about 80 unread queries after clearing them all out just last week. Then I’ve got the partials I requested — the first five chapters of books that intrigue me, which each take about 45 minutes to an hour to read, sometimes less. Say about 45 of those. Then there’s the full manuscripts — either the first time I’m seeing a full, or a revision of a full that I requested that I need to give my full attention. I’ve got about ten of those waiting patiently for my eyes.