I have less then ten manuscripts left to read and I’ve reached burnout. I used my day off on Wednesday, which is usually my writing day, to read mss, hoping to get ahead, perhaps even daydreaming about finishing up this weekend. However, I just can’t do it. I had to have a break and give my eyes and brain a break.
So those of you waiting don’t have to worry that I’m fatigued or not in the right frame of mind to read. I just can’t read at all when I’m like this. I have to take a break, do something else. Like maybe watch a DVD, drink a glass of wine. Part of my problem could be that I’m still recovering from this chest infection. Darn coughing is so annoying. So this weekend I am hoping to get through two mss but I’m not pushing it.
Anyway despite the delay I’ll finish by the end of the month. I have the guilts so bad that when I’m reading and think I need a nap I dream I am still reading the ms. The words are in my mind until some part of me says-you know you’re dreaming this. This isn’t the story and I wake up and keep reading because I have to get to the end so I cannot dream about reading. I reckon that makes me kinda weird.
Donna Maree Hanson, Author and PhD Candidate 
I’ll edit this post tomorrow. For some reason iPad is not letting me edit the last paragraph and I’m too lazy to throw my teenager off my pc or get out of bed.