Did I accomplish much this weekend? I’m not sure. I did finish one thing that I’d been working on for several days—a new chapter of Missing Persons. It was one of those situations where I’d get to a certain point, then go back and rewrite what I’d already done, get a little bit farther, go back, rinse and repeat. It seemed to take forever to get to the end of the chapter, even though I knew how it would go. I did get there, and spent a lot of time polishing it more. The problem (for me) with adding something new to something that’s been around for a while is that I need to make sure the new material gets refined as much as the previously existing material.
I revised the following chapter, too and am ready to tackle the next, although that one is going to require some fairly major restructuring. I started reading it last night and when I got to a place where I saw that big changes were going to be required, I put it aside to tackle when I was fresh.
I was supposed to be in L.A. today for a meeting, but it was cancelled at the next-to-last minute. I was looking forward to getting a glimpse into the inner workings of Hollywood, but I guess that will have to wait for another day.
Does anyone reading this watch Gray’s Anatomy? I’ve been watching since day one and I continue to enjoy it, though I usually tape it to watch the next day. The post-Super Bowl episode looks tense. Code Black, huh? Some of last night’s episode—the end-of-life scenes—struck close to home. The character interactions are superb, and that they can pull something out of the hat to astonish viewers (Izzie’s revelation) impresses me.
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