Note To Self. Put In More Heartrending Tearjerker Scenes, or a Scene Involving a Moose and a Heck of a Lot of Wax.

It comes in at 179 pps., at this juncture. Yay! And there are still a few sections to fold into their spots.

Next revision I have many plans. Need more setting, more seasons, more weather, more people and buildings. Need more diary sections, particularly the diary labeled "ON WRITING." Need more diary sections labeled "ON DYING." Also very much need to finish the middle section, which will serve as a huge part of the story, as well as the part leading up to the final moments. As well as the beginning, which needs some plot revision, since I changed my mind about what happened to John. He's lost. He's not just gone. He lived with Ada, and now he's lost. Yes.

Still! I feel all accomplishy! And even better, my mother comes tomorrow and I take a week off. Nice closure to this particular pass through.

Comments

[Bobbi]

Congrats on the accomplishment. Wish I had your motivation!

Have fun with your mom this week, Jo! :-)

[squid]

Rah! Rah! Rah!

[mr mcmuffin]

For some reason, I have never asked before, but is this your first novel? Have you published anything else? Do you have a publisher for this book? When will we see it on the shelves? Apart from that, well done! We regular readers know that it's been a hard work for you, although we have benefited from all your attempts to avoid doing that hard work. Like many people, I imagine, I have always had a little fantasy about writing a novel, but can never find the time to do anything about it. I guess if it really was important to me then I would find the time and I would write. By the way, 179 pages seems awful long. Will you be producing an abridged edition? It seems to be the fashion in some American schools that children only have to read the short versions of novels. I was reading about this the other day on someone else's blog. Have you come across this crime against children where you are?