Kung Fu
Repeated the two Chen Taiji sword forms I am learning -- straightsword and broadsword. Also went through Chen Long form and Chen Cannon Fist empty hand forms. It's been a long time since we last went through Cannon Fist; wow, it was messy this time.

GuitarDidn't feel particularly studious, so I just played around with a few tunes I've been ( Read more... )

Stayed home from Kung Fu to take care of a sick Janelly. Didn't play guitar either.

But that's all good because I worked on the novel again.

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I went to Kung Fu (and got my back fixed), but didn't play guitar ( Read more... )

Writing
I worked on the novel.
What did he say? He worked on what?
The novel. I finally finished the edits to Chapter 2 (+1750 words).
Chapter 3 is still a mess and I don't know what to do with it. But I can cross that bridge later.

Kung FuWell, I went to Kung Fu. Unfortunately we were putting up mirrored window tinting instead of doing any forms ( Read more... )

Writing

+1,250 words on novel last night. That chapter 3 that had been killing me suddenly started working again. Just had to switch the POV.

GuitarGot a blues songbook. Started messing around with it. Trying to learn to play a shuffle with chords. I've been mostly working with single-note playing so far and though I know the shapes of the ( Read more... )

Writing+2,000 words on the same damn pages of chapter 3. I've solved several of the problems, but I still can't fit some elements in except as a passing mention. Perhaps, when read as a whole, the chapter will blend in ( Read more... )

Did pretty good this weekend, considering my Grandfather's 90th Birthday was Sunday.

WritingFriday: +750 words on that same section of Chapter three, fixing it again ( Read more... )

Writing ( Read more... )

WritingEdited first section of 3rd Chapter. +1250 words ( Read more... )

I didn't expect there to be a lot of updates. I thought my Grandfather's 90th birthday party was this weekend, but my mom told me it wasn't too late to make any other plans.

Friday
Kung Fu. One set of Xingyi Ba Shr Chui. Not a lot, but at least I did something.

Guitar. Practiced chords.

Writing. Finished edits to novel, chapter 1. +3250 words.

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