Waylaid by malaise
and yet still powering on, getting ready for our trip in 2 days. My house currently looks sort of like a clothes hamper exploded, but isn't that always the way before a trip? Or is that only me...
We have all been suffering from a touch of a mystery illness that is mild but uncomfortable, and from which I will spare you any further details. Suffice to say that my enthusiasm for my trip has been slightly dampened, but will certainly rear its head again once we are underway on Saturday morning!
In happier news, I have been at my book again. Events had conspired to keep me away for a bit. Or, OK, maybe not so much events as rather a lack of discipline and an overwhelming tiredness. Either way, I've been back, pecking away at it. Wearing it down, a little at a time. Noting errors and gaps as I go. Right now, I have this one glaring error that I can't figure out how to work around. And that I can't believe, in all the time spent with this thing, in this damn world, that I never noticed before. DUH. And it has the potential to change lots of things in the story if I can't fix it. *SIGH* But anyway, right now I am ignoring it, getting the words into the computer and making notes in my "issues" file to be addressed At A Later Date. Because in order to really sink my teeth in, I need this thing PRINTED OUT, on REAL PAPER, where I can highlight, and make arrows, and stars, and little lines where necessary. Apparently, all part of my process.
It is definitely a learning experience, and as much as I bitch about it, it's also kind of fun. Getting to know yourself through the novel. Woo-hoo! And not disliking what you see. Even, perhaps, liking it a little. I'd say that's worth the price of admission, wouldn't you?
So anyway, last year the house where we stayed did NOT have wifi. Don't know if that's changed or not, but there may be a dearth of entries in the next 2 weeks, so think happy thoughts of me and know that I'm still here, somewhere, on the face of this earth. My many splintered pieces jittering and agitating, and maybe, slowly, coming back together.
At least until we get home and the back-to-school frenzy begins... ; )
We have all been suffering from a touch of a mystery illness that is mild but uncomfortable, and from which I will spare you any further details. Suffice to say that my enthusiasm for my trip has been slightly dampened, but will certainly rear its head again once we are underway on Saturday morning!
In happier news, I have been at my book again. Events had conspired to keep me away for a bit. Or, OK, maybe not so much events as rather a lack of discipline and an overwhelming tiredness. Either way, I've been back, pecking away at it. Wearing it down, a little at a time. Noting errors and gaps as I go. Right now, I have this one glaring error that I can't figure out how to work around. And that I can't believe, in all the time spent with this thing, in this damn world, that I never noticed before. DUH. And it has the potential to change lots of things in the story if I can't fix it. *SIGH* But anyway, right now I am ignoring it, getting the words into the computer and making notes in my "issues" file to be addressed At A Later Date. Because in order to really sink my teeth in, I need this thing PRINTED OUT, on REAL PAPER, where I can highlight, and make arrows, and stars, and little lines where necessary. Apparently, all part of my process.
It is definitely a learning experience, and as much as I bitch about it, it's also kind of fun. Getting to know yourself through the novel. Woo-hoo! And not disliking what you see. Even, perhaps, liking it a little. I'd say that's worth the price of admission, wouldn't you?
So anyway, last year the house where we stayed did NOT have wifi. Don't know if that's changed or not, but there may be a dearth of entries in the next 2 weeks, so think happy thoughts of me and know that I'm still here, somewhere, on the face of this earth. My many splintered pieces jittering and agitating, and maybe, slowly, coming back together.
At least until we get home and the back-to-school frenzy begins... ; )