Wrote nearly 700 words of the beginning of Chapter 2 this morning. Progress is a little slow at the moment as I attempt to figure out how to dovetail this new beginning into the existing first draft. I’m coming at it from a different direction but I ultimately sort of have to end up at the same place, after a fashion. In essence, I’m going to take the first draft apart and reassemble it in a new way, so that means picking and borrowing text from that old draft from time to time. It’s an interesting process.
Received an e-mail rejection letter this morning with an apology for how long it had taken the editor to respond. Seven whole days–imagine that! When you have stories that have been dangling in the wind for nearly seven months, a week seems like ultra-speedy response time. I turned the story around and found it a new potential home.
What’s with all the repeats on CBS this week? Monday night comedies: all reruns. NCIS — the #1 rated program on television: reruns. Tonight: ditto. I can see tonight, with the World Series starting up, but what was the deal with the other nights? At least tomorrow is back to original material for CSI and other shows.
Not having a great deal of time to read, but I’m working further into The Complaints by Ian Rankin. I reached the point where Fox realizes that the cop he’s investigating as a potential pedophile is investigating him for potential involvement in his sister’s boyfriend’s homicide. Awkward?
I posted my review of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson. If you haven’t read the first two books, and especially if you haven’t read the second book, you should probably avoid the review for the time being.
