It has somehow gotten to be the first of December, and you know what *that* means, don’t you? Yes, that’s right, it means it’s ‘s birthday! Happy birthday, E!
proofs!
The doorbell rang at 8:15 this morning. Ted and I both thought, “Fzkng kids,” and didn’t move. A few seconds later a heavy knock came, at which point I realized it wasn’t fzking kids, it was my QUEEN’S BASTARD page proofs arriving, so I got up and couldn’t find my pants. Ted, who didn’t know the proofs were arriving, also got up, swearing, found his pants, and stomped downstairs. A broad Irish accent said, “Morphy?”, indicating I was right, and Ted signed for the proofs and I have opened them…
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V. proud of myself. Got 2/3rds of the way through the manuscript with little revisiony things (it is of course in the last 3rd (which is really the third quarter) that the real work needs to be done, but well, hell, at least I got that far) and went for a walk, upon which I saw and her father. We greeted each other briefly and then went our separate ways. My separate way happened upon the Cork Fire Brigade sucking water (via a hose) out of the river and then…
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Well, snotmonkeys. I couldn’t get gold circle tickets off Ticketmaster and while it’s an all-standing venue and presumably if one arrives early enough one can get right up close, there’s no guarantee of that, really. Puckernuts. Maybe I’ll hit ebay when I’ve got more money. :p
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This afternoon I played a game of tic-tac-toe with myself and lost. That *can’t* be a good sign. You guys are all rock stars. Thank you for the encouragement and comments and everything. I spent today reading the manuscript and I *think* that by adding in another ~chapter to what I’ve written in the last week, I will ratchet up the emotional content and it will make the Difficult Scene work better. There are too many characters and too many events and not enough lingering, I think, as the last…