Saturday, November 10, 2007

Still It Goes Slowly...



As you can see, it's still going slowly, but at least I managed to crank out more than a thousand words today. I think I just need to keep at it. It's like trying to get back up to distance after slacking off running for a while--you're just not going to be able to pull off five miles if you haven't even run one in a while. Well--you might be able to do it, but you will be very, very sore the next day!

Anyway, here's the first paragraph of the latest batch:

Friday had presented Grace with such a flurry of assignments and errands that she had barely gotten a chance to stop the Karmann Ghia on her way through the drive through, much less chew her burger properly as she headed toward the Save Tees Mountain meeting. She hadn’t even gotten a chance to take a look at the review of Bierce’s show in the paper’s “Weekender” section. She was sure she had pulled it off without being offensive, either to Bierce or to the good citizens of Teesville; she had described “The Money Shot” with as much discretion and with as light a touch as she was able. So it was with some surprise that she entered the social hall of the Fourth Church of God in Christ to murmurs, raised eyebrows, and more than a few pointed stares.

And here is the last:

Finally, she could not stomach reading another one. She gathered up the poisoned-pen letters she had already read, straightened them into a neat stack, and secured them with a rubber band. The remaining letters she carried in a heap out to the dumpster, even though she suspected that somewhere in the pile was a positive missive from Thayer. She had read enough for one day.

Sorry... no iridescent fish costumes this go-round! And, again, remember that this is first draft. Not honed, not crafted, not adequately revised. (Or even proofread!)

And I promise--I WILL post the first of several accounts of our recent respite (I use the word advisedly) at House on the Rock very soon. I have been sorting through and uploading photos, and it looks as if it will take several posts to do the place the justice it deserves!

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