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Well. It seems I keep discarding things for the sake of writing. \u00a0In my early 40’s, not long after marrying Kate, I gave up the ministry. \u00a0More recently I’ve set aside the Sierra Club work and docent responsibilities at the MIA. \u00a0Now I’ve taken a pause in the Latin until Labor Day.<\/p>\n
A loft class starts in a little over a week, one I’m in, focused on revision of novels and getting them ready for marketing. \u00a0Though I’ve been working away at revising Missing, I still have a long way to go. \u00a0Following up the useful thoughts of my beta readers and my own critiques of the second draft, I stripped out about 35,000 words and made dramatic changes to point of view. \u00a0Both require line by line reworking, a process that takes the amount of time that it takes.<\/p>\n
I’d very much like to have a finished revision by Labor Day and with the garden plus the bees, something had to give. \u00a0Latin was the only thing left. \u00a0I’ve had one long caesura with it during the cruise around South America, but this will only be the second one since I began in 2010. \u00a0Probably time for a rest anyhow.<\/p>\n
Now I’m going to devote as much time as I can to the revision. \u00a0Pushing now. \u00a0I want to get this done and the book on the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Summer \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Solstice Moon Well. It seems I keep discarding things for the sake of writing. \u00a0In … Continue reading Lightening the Load<\/span>