Winter                                                                Cold Moon

Well.  First face-to-face (other than Kate) over the finished manuscript.  Lonnie had some cogent critiques.  My experiment with multiple first person narrators didn’t work for her.  She also wanted to see more character development on major characters.  But, on the whole, she thinks Missing is strong and won’t “require a major rewrite.”  It was fun to talk about my work with someone in addition to Kate.

(Valhalla)

Then the comedy began.  I picked up my eye drops (for glaucoma) and went to Walmart (I know.  But the price was $90 less than anywhere else.) to pick up two 50 pound barbells and two 45 plates for the leg press.  50 pounds I can do.  But.  The two 45’s were in one package.  I cannot lift 90 pounds.  So.  The one time I really needed a knife, which I usually carry, I’d left it at home.

They had that plastic shrink wrap over them.  Had to saw at it with my car key, setting off the door locks, then a beeping noise.  Quiet them down.  Back at it.  After what seemed like a very long time I finally got the package open and pulled them out one after the other.  Then onto home.  Whew.