I just turned down a temp-to-hire assignment from my temp agency, and the part of me that's freaked out about money is really berating myself for it. But I gave myself until December to finish the novel and then try to get long-term, full time work, and I'm going to stick to that. And with the job description she gave me, there's just no way I could do that job all day and then come home and write. It didn't really pay enough to make it worthwhile, anyway. Actually, there are a lot of good reasons to have refused that particular job (such as that it's exactly the kind of job I went back to college to not have to do). I just hate turning down work right now when my budget's so tight and my funds are dwindling away, you know? Anyway, I told the rep that I'm wide open for short-term and part-time assignments, so hopefully something will turn up soon.

I started typing my second draft (of what I've got so far) today. The first chapter, after some revisions, comes out to ten pages and 2,577 words. It was actually much more than that originally, but I think that's plenty long for one chapter so I'm dividing it up into two. It'll be a few chapters before I get into the major rewrites, so initially this part of the process should go pretty fast. And I think I'm about ready to start showing it to people (now that it's becoming legible), which is both scary and exciting. I feel like this is about a million times better than my first novel attempt, though, so I'm really kind of eager to start getting feedback on it. Nervous as hell, but eager.