New Rules

I have a self imposed deadline approaching.

Until further notice there will be no more Facebook or TiVo in the evenings until I have spent time editing at least one chapter.

If I keep to this discipline I will finish the second draft by months end.

--It is getting fun as the story ramps up!

Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is today. Security is jacked WAY up this year after what happened last year.

I remember this event in detail. The aftermath especially. The media getting everything wrong. The over reach of the police. Illegal search and seizures. Military style reaction to find one kid.

They still try to gloss over the over reaction. Basically rolling tanks.

It was also the depth of the surveillance that was in place all the time that led them to the culprits.

All of this was while I was in my early chapters of this novel. As I work the second draft I can see it in there.

--The Lesson: We need more Andy Griffith and Less SWAT.

Revisions

I hit my first conundrum on my second draft revisions.

I had a "Why the hell would he do that?" moment.

Now that I have written the entire book and know the characters, I am reviewing the early chapters and an action seemed completely out of character.

I actually found an excellent solution but it makes me wonder. In my solution I found an excellent image that I may be able to reference later.

I will also probably say this over and over, but writing is more fun than editing.

-- The cairn is part of my solution...