Notes - embedded / work progresses

        Mid-morning. You read the comics in the Sunday paper, warmed the cat twice, breakfast and a Cadbury ice cream bar, and set the DVR up for a week's supply of new shows. It is crisp and cold but later you are mowing the grass. Tim mowed it twice when you were in Cleveland. Yesterday you spent much of the day (as time permitted) working on the three-chapter draft.

         I deleted much of the Prologue, all but one sentence. I am still finding updating to do as I read and re-read. I guess this is what real writers do all the time. It is coming together but more slowly than I first expected. I do feel that once the three chapters are better interconnected the rest of the chapters will more easily fall into place. I cannot articulate how I am actually doing this because I am not fully conscious of my involvement at the time of task execution. I become integrated and embedded in grammar and context, which best sums it up to me.

         A fair assessment. You have chores and errands and we will continue your progress today. Post. - Amorella

         1613 hours. We had lunch at Outback because we wanted steak and had the coupon for five dollars off. We stopped at the north end of Pine Hill Lakes Park for about an hour of Carol reading fresh magazines and me manicuring the chapter sections. Then home and I have mowed most of the yard save the north end that I plan on doing before dark, if not, then tomorrow. I have a few deck boards replaced that need stained before Winter. I'll do that tomorrow afternoon if it is dried out well enough to stain.

         2121 hours. I have completed chapter two.

         As you finished mowing the yard, filling up the car and getting it washed for Tuesday's trip you have little to do tomorrow but work on painted some deck boards. Carol and the cat have already gone upstairs but not to bed. Relax. You should be able to finish and post the results on the blog tomorrow. We will also note the date of the posting in the left margin so readers, if they like can hit only the story pages and not the notes. - Post. - Amorella

         I like your addition that readers of the blog may create a copy of the story for themselves if they wish, otherwise you demand a written email request and a positive email response from me before this copying can be authorized.

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         There may be legal problems having the works online for free or even a token payment if you decided to also self publish; eventually we have to deal with that. - Amorella    

         I would like to self publish at least a few copies to give to close friends and of course to Kim and Paul for Owen and Brennan when they are of high school age.