I'm up. I was just staying in bed because I thought it was early, but it wasn't. Muse Margaret called - it was indeed the number of pages that took so long to read. She gave them a thumb's up but asked me to look at several things, which I will - simple stuff, detail stuff. But she also asked me to look at the whole Carol Channing section and that's why I need muse Margaret - she understands it all but feels I'm on slightly dangerous territory because Carol is so beloved and such a legend. So, I'll go through that section and maybe tone it down a bit - it's not terrible or anything, but she feels I come off a little angrier than I probably meant to - it was annoying, but I was never angry, so I probably just wrote it poorly - I'll make whatever adjustments and then read it to her. And I say a Jerry Herman quote (and it's real and he said it) but she doesn't feel I should include it because Jerry is alive and Carol would probably be upset if she knew he'd said it. I agree.
