A day, like most others.

[j_cheney]

Mulching is mostly done now for the spring.

Worked more on that dratted chapter I'm inserting in DitD last night, an indecent number of hours spent going over and over the same eleven pages....over and over....and over. It turns out to be a pivotal scene so it's important, but generally this kind are easy for me to write, so I don't know why this particular iteration has me bumfuzzled.

Errands, perhaps walk the dog later, move on to next chapter. Must rig up a way to keep Agrilawn away from my new dichondra area. Can do.

Boring, sort of, yes?

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[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

No, not boring at all :).

I hesitate to offer a suggestion regarding the pivotal scene. You're going to get it, never a doubt about that! but a small thing that seems to really help me, is when it's going like that, I tape record the story onto a cassette and listen to it, over and over while I'm doing other things. Washing dishes, brushing the dogs, whatever. I don't know how or why, but my ears seem to catch the teeny burr within the general iteration perfection.

Everyone's different, though, but I thought I'd say.

I've only read a few entries down my f-list, here, but what is spring mulching?

[isleburroughs.livejournal.com]

Mom raked out the morning glories. Two women in a garden or kitchen means war. So, since she moved in with me, due to her Alzheimer's, I let her have those territories:o) They were mine. Now they're her flowers. It's unusually warm here for March.

Just spent 477 on brakes, oil change, tires and inspection but was all necessary.

I finished page 70 through 84 last night. One chapter of the 300 plus page story. I'm going to have to cut a chapter or so at some point. It's probably getting too long. I hope I don't get stuck on the pivitol scenes:o) Already done. Just adding some layers and correcting really old chapters. It's omniscient so I may try to get in their heads more. Maybe. No one seems to like omni these days.

I'm going to try recording it too. Thanks, Kara.

[isleburroughs.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm going to try for two chapters tonight.

[isleburroughs.livejournal.com]

I'm actually glad I had the day off exactly when my brakes started to grind. What a fortunate coincidence. Otherwise it's really hard to schedule my car w/ the garage with my weird 2nd and 3rd shift hours.

Plus my inspection expired last month and I didn't know. And mom can have the whole garden because she paid for my car repair:D

She's happy to live with me. So I guess it works out. I'll take a pic of her crocheted curtains and post it soon. She crocheted me 9 white curtains all over the house to prove she doesn't have Alzheimer's. She's funny.