Back from the depths
Geez...it's been, what, 2 months since I've done anything in this blog? Shame on me. In my defense, I've been extremely involved in the Project From Hell at work (it's killed at least three management careers I can think of, with more on the horizon) which tends to sap all creative energy from me. But that's only an excuse, of course.
The Novel has bogged down slightly; I did a read of an early chapter and got the gentle advice that my characterization was...lacking. So I sat down and did a bunch of character profiles of the major characters (something I'd been highly resistant to doing) and found...it helped a lot. Damn, I hate it when that happens. I'm in the midst of a major rewrite of the chapter I'd read and boy, did it help. The chapter is still crap, but a better quality of crap. And I'll take that.
Since this is all extremely random, I'll throw this in: my oldest is now a high school graduate. I got him oriented and registered last week for his freshman year at college. He's now experiencing Mac Envy: I bought him an iBook and some of his friends got PowerBooks, so he's feeling like a second class citizen. I have to remind him a Computer Is A Tool. Sigh.... This is the first Mac I've actually spent money on, and I must stay, it is pretty cool.
Meanwhile, I'm furthering my education: I'm obligated to take a Defensive Driving Course this summer, since I got in a minor wreck on the deathtrack they call I-35. In the mail the other day I got a CD-based class and three postcards for classroom classes, all to fulfill my requirement. Traffic violations are public records, it seems.
You can run but you can't hide.
The Novel has bogged down slightly; I did a read of an early chapter and got the gentle advice that my characterization was...lacking. So I sat down and did a bunch of character profiles of the major characters (something I'd been highly resistant to doing) and found...it helped a lot. Damn, I hate it when that happens. I'm in the midst of a major rewrite of the chapter I'd read and boy, did it help. The chapter is still crap, but a better quality of crap. And I'll take that.
Since this is all extremely random, I'll throw this in: my oldest is now a high school graduate. I got him oriented and registered last week for his freshman year at college. He's now experiencing Mac Envy: I bought him an iBook and some of his friends got PowerBooks, so he's feeling like a second class citizen. I have to remind him a Computer Is A Tool. Sigh.... This is the first Mac I've actually spent money on, and I must stay, it is pretty cool.
Meanwhile, I'm furthering my education: I'm obligated to take a Defensive Driving Course this summer, since I got in a minor wreck on the deathtrack they call I-35. In the mail the other day I got a CD-based class and three postcards for classroom classes, all to fulfill my requirement. Traffic violations are public records, it seems.
You can run but you can't hide.
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