Shown in front of the fireplace are paper copies of each of the edited 19 chapters. That hard copy edit was the last one before I sent the electronic file to the editor a couple of weeks ago.

Now the question is: burn or recycle? Considering the hours editing took, burning has a certain appeal to it. The pro-environment angel on my shoulder is trying to convince me to recycle. The small fellow with a big grin on my other shoulder, the guy who says he likes it really hot, says watching the papers burn would be fun. Right now it is a tossup.

Today I received the final edit of the manuscript from the editor. Am going to read it and see what they proposed changes there are. Hopefully this will take only a few days. Now where are the matches?