Sick day

Being sick was never NEARLY as useful as it has been since I started The Book. Dang. Now I get to sit here, eating crackers and drinking tea and feeling sorry for myself, AND writing! I've been taking some time to read things aloud, just to double-check and make sure that I don't repeat the same words over and over, as I have the tendency to do.

So, it's a checking, a double-checking, and a triple-checking. I have gone back through and re-written some passages that were in dire need thereof, so though I'm not making much "progress," I am certainly getting a lot done.

(As you might infer, jury duty has ended, and it was a great case and I feel completely happy with the verdict we rendered. In no way would I EVER wish to be a lawyer or a court reporter or a judge. DUDE. I would hate that.)

So, just a basic update, but things are going, and they're going pretty well. :)

Lately . . .

. . . I have been sitting on my butt a great deal, out of reach of all technology except for that to which I lack access . . . In other words, I've been randomly selected to serve on a jury that may last as long as a month. So much for me!

Fortunately, I have been using the small incidents of spare time I can snatch from the air to work on The Book. I have also come to several conclusions! See below:

1. It is my belief that it will have to be published -- if it ever is, that's a bold assumption -- in at least 2 sections. I prefer 3, naturally -- following the pattern of J. R. R. Tolkien, specifically. The TRUE three-volume novel, of which Miss Prism speaks. It is currently divided into 3 PARTS, as I mentioned previously, but now I'm thinking that each will have to be truly separate, if it is to be at all readable. Nobody would wish to invest time or money in something that, though supposedly fiction, reseambles the condensed version of the Oxford-English Dictionary. Awesome though it may be.

2. I have made a great deal of progress on one of the pivotal plot devices! It is rather exciting. My heart rate was increasing as I was writing it! I certainly hope that's a good sign and not a portent of future hospitalization . . .

There. Two points, and that's what's up. I hope I'm learning something on jury duty; I'm not sure. At least there are some interesting* people to observe.

That's all, folks!





* Aka, quite attractive.

Breather

Just for your information -- I did so much frenetic work on The Book over the holidays, have decided to take a little break. Instead I am enjoying the wonderful gift of Netflix by watching every episode of Veronica Marsm, which, gloriously, is available streaming.

As soon as I have completed my mad break into un-reality, I shall return and do something worth doing: work on The Book! I did actually get a lot done over Christmas and New Year's, and at the conclusion of this breather, I will go back and see what I actually wrote -- because it will probably not be familiar. I read somewhere that authors have -- forgive the phrase -- "built-in BS detectors." And here's hoping I do, cause I've edited out some pretty flamboyantly ridiculous stuff I'm pretty sure qualified for "BS."

Anyway, that's what's up, or down, or sideways. I'll let you know when I complete Veronica Mars. :)