In Shadows

A total of 10,802 words edited today! WOOT! Five chapters done and I'm into the last 18k to edit before this puppy's finished.
YAY ME!

1014 words of scene added. Enjoy…
In context, Anpo has returned Kathleen to her parents' homestead for a visit. Through miscommunication and cultural differences, it's thought she's returning Kathleen to her home permanently. In the native culture, however, the two women are married. It's just been very difficult for Kathleen to get […]

I'm at the scene where Kathleen wakes up in her parents' cabin, wanders out to the barn, and speaks with her brother Stewart. This is where she discovers Anpo has left her there, divorced her.
The scene is only just over 1k long and I need to stretch it to 2k to make […]

Hope everybody who celebrated the holiday had a good one. Those of you who don’t, hope you had a good couple of days, regardless.
Thursday, ‘dinner’ was on the table by 10am. Spent the entire day munching down and watching movies. It was a mellow day.
I also finished reading Of Drag […]

5602 words today, three chapters done. I'm almost to the end of section 8 with only four more to go! YAY!
Just checked the remainder of the old manuscript . . . I've only got 29k left to slog through.

3156 words of editing, over three quarters finished with Tiopa Ki Lakota!
About 1k in plot for the next Sanguire novel. Forty scenes right now, and I'm filling in the details I want to visit in each scene.
Not a bad day for my first day off! Here's hoping the next three or just as […]

I've got the next 4 days off. Woot!
Wrote a smutlet the other night. Couldn't get the damned thing out of my mind all day, so I had to toss it out there. Everybody on my mailing list got a welcome (and very warm) surprise.
Am cruising the Academy (actually the Uber list) for […]

The responses regarding the Roman Senate were helpful. After I had some sleep (and my eyes uncrossed,) I read the posts. I think I've got this Sanguire political structure licked.
My problem is that they're so spread out. With Human law (and the need to blend in with Human prey) I couldn't see […]

Anybody know ancient Roman law? Criminy, I hate politics!
Were the Senators in Rome elected? When Emperors came into power, what the hel did Senators do? The Emporer had all the legislative and judicial powers. What was their purpose except to debate the finer points of silly little laws and take up […]

1400 words of editing today on Tiopa. YAY! No writing done . . . gotta go to work.
Still fleshing out the next Sanguire outline. I've suddenly discovered I need to pay very close attention to the politics. Yuck. I hate politics. I have a monarch, a council of five, […]

Stephen King calls for support for pop fiction writers in accepting award
Canadian Press
Thursday, November 20, 2003
King said he has no patience "for those who make a point of pride in saying they have never read anything by John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark or any other popular writer."
"What do you think?" King […]

Chapter 23 complete. Teca has arrived and Nupa woos the beautiful sister of Anpo. 2698 words of editing today. Next up is a family dinner to show the differences between Anpo's activities compared to other men and women, to show how a <i>wicakte</i> does things so much differently from others . . […]

A few days ago, we were given our official 24 hour notice that maintenance would be entering our apartment today. They're replacing the hall carpet, and needed to access the threshold to rip it out as well as tack down the new one. Fortunately, I was off today (my wife has a heavy […]

Chapter 22 complete. Kathleen's first sun dance is done. Had to do some fast rewriting at the end of this chapter.
Originally, Anpo's family stops Kathleen from interrupting the sun dance when Anpo collapses in the circle. But the Lakota would not do such a thing. They believe that every […]

1588 words today. I forgot to mention yesterday that I'm officially at the halfway point with the edits. Part 6, Chapter 21. Yup! WOO HOO!
Another long night at work. Better than my shift leader. F decided he wanted more hours, so he's helping Banquets serve breakfast. He was […]