First day back at the job that earns the paycheck.  Single thought today: having this book to look forward to helps me get through rotten times at work.  Yeah book!

Didn’t do too many edits today.  Thinking too hard on a moving train causes motion sickness.  I’ve added a favourite quote of mine up front (I’m a quotes junkie.   If you’ve been reading other things here, I’m sure you’ve noticed.)  I like to think of edits to be more of revisioning or perhaps recasting.  Throwing away the bad parts, fleshing out the good and perhaps expanding on them.  I have a not-so-typical writer’s syndrome of ‘under-writing’ what I mean to say, assuming everyone knows what I’m thinking.  Most writers I’ve met, or have read their writing tips, often say to cut 10%.  Not I.  Adding 10% is probably a better bet.  Clearer, anyway.

It was hard to get even this much (little) done today on the story.  Does it only get worse?