My editor (brother’s girlfriend Jody) explained a little more what it takes to get this done. Apparently after writing for 30 days you review it all, pick out pertinent parts, a theme of some sort then start all over again. Seems like a lot of work. It will be an interesting test of how far I can go before discovering I don’t want to go any further. I’m a pretty fast typist thanks to grade 9 or 10 typing. A course I never wanted to take but was probably the most valuable in a

‘Heavy bank of low lying clouds’...quote from my brother coming in from outside after some time on the dock. This brings up my brother’s catharsis, awakening, cocooning. After 47 years of coming to the cottage he has awakened. Or what is that quote about seeing something for the 1st time. He is discovering the cottage all over again for the 1st time. And boy has he stepped up on the maintenance side...it’s a good thing this awakening. Now we just need to do something about hi

whatever….I didn’t write yesterday. Are the dreams of a novel over? Has the fad excitement ended? I haven’t heard from my editor at all. Is that part of the strategy? Ignore your protégé and let them stew a little? I was with the family most of the day yesterday at the cottage and the writing bug never took over. It was overcast and rainy the entire day. Sun poked through in the morning once or twice but that was it. I hit the driving range early in the afternoon before the r