Work to sleep, sleep to work

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Sleep hasn't been going well this week. My current theory is that my body decided last week during the noisy period that it was supposed to wake up after four to five hours of sleep. So Monday I woke up at 6:30, Tuesday I woke up at 7, Wednesday (after carefully going to bed earlier than usual for me) I woke up at 5. I did eventually get back to sleep two of those days, but the upshot is that I've been even groggier than usual lately. Luckily, last night I seem to have gotten a pretty full night's sleep (thank you, NyQuil!), and am a bit perkier this morning.

Of course, all this hasn't helped me get anything done. I was well ahead on editing for a while, but that's fallen apart these last few weeks, and I can't edit when I'm sleep-deprived. I try not to read subs in that state either, but sometimes I have to.

Good news is that I'm making some progress on catching up (on both sleep and editorial stuff); but getting extra sleep last night means I had less time than I'd expected this morning.

Other good news is that Kam's back from Mexico, yay!

Next few days are going to be extremely busy. Editing and editorial meeting tonight, seeing Kam Friday night, finishing reading novel and story for workshop on Saturday (plus reading subs), going to brunch and then workshop and then airport on Sunday.

You probably won't hear much from me during that time. But we'll see.

3 Responses to “Work to sleep, sleep to work”

  1. John B

    Please, please don’t edit and read slush while tired. We authors need you awake and alert when reading our subs…hmmm…unless of course a ‘sleep deprived Jed’ increases our chances!?

    John

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  2. Tempest

    from now on when I get a rejection I will blame it on sleep-deprived Jed. Congrats, you have just added a whole ‘nother layer to rejectomancy! wheeeee

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  3. Jed

    Yup—anytime I reject a story it’s ’cause I was sleep-deprived when I read it; otherwise I’d have seen its brilliance and accepted it. 🙂

    …I do try to be awake and alert and focused when reading subs. At the point when I can’t keep my eyes open for more than a paragraph, I know it’s time to give up and go to bed. And start reading the story over again from the beginning the next day.

    Sometimes the press of subs is enough that I have to read some under less-than-ideal conditions. But even then, usually if I’m awake enough for my eyes to focus, I’m awake enough to be able to follow a plot.

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