Apologies, Copy Edits, and Excerpts

So as is probably apparent to anyone who reads this blog, I have been insanely busy these past few weeks...and my blogging has gone from sparse to nonexistent as a result.  I'm so sorry!  I have a new part-time job, but I am going to try to continue participating in Weigh-In Wednesday and writing book reviews as often as I can.  Another reason I've been busy is that I just finished copy edits for Light Sister, Dark Sister...so that's one good thing!  So to celebrate the completion of copy edits, I've decided to post another excerpt from the book...and this one is the copy editor's favorite part!  So here it is:

Scarlett:

All Hallows’ Eve

The night when the dead

return and walk the earth,

demanding remembrances

from the living.

All Hallows’ Eve

The night when the living

cloak themselves in darkness,

to escape the notice

of the hungry dead.

But what do you do

when you’re not sure which side

you belong to?

What do you do

when you spend every day

in the twilight

straddling the line

between two worlds?

What do you do

when you’re no longer sure

what’s disguise

and what’s true?

What hides you from the world

and what reveals you?   

Do you retreat further into shadows

and embrace the night?

Or do you step the other way

and reach for the light?

Bianca:

Halloween 

The night of disguises

when everyone transforms

into what they most want

or most fear.

Halloween

The night when normal rules

are tossed away

like the insides

of a grinning jack-o’-lantern.

But what do you do

when you’ve started to feel

like you’re wearing a costume

every day?

What do you do

when you suspect the safety of rules

may no longer protect you

so what’s the point

anyway?

Do you keep your hopes up, smile on,

and clutch the last rays of light?

Or do you look for new answers

in the murky realm of night?