OK, for you music people, thoughts on Tom Russell, specifically Man From God Knows Where

I get goosebumps from it, but I think there is some self-identification going on. (Half my ancestry is recent Scand immigrants, other half are are farmers of irish immigrant origin. And then we spread out to Cali and had black sheep and don't really resemble our rootsand really are only americans and...) I mean, I've found the records of my grandmother's passage through Ellis Isle, and that stuns me how recent that was.

Is it just sentiment, or is it really as good as I like to think? (Not that a criticism will make the goosebumps go away... I like his voice.)

Mary's Danish

I loved them! Saw them about a trillion times lo those many years ago.

Aha! Take that Book!

I just wrote the ending. Which, unfortunately, does not mean the book is done yet. But it didn't have an ending and now it does.

It's either very good or crap. (Something to do with potatoes and spiderwebs. How can that be wrong?!) After some seventy two hours of writing I can't really tell anymore.

Other sections seem to be very good though. I go back to fix things and instead say, "Hmmm, that'll do pig words."

Still not done. And it has to be done by tomorrow. But it is a whole book now. Just some sections have holes and the joins are rough.

I will continue with the sandpaper until I have to hand it over.

Something to do with potatoes and spiderwebs. How can that be wrong?!

As long as it's not pretentious.

Congrats, David!

Woo hoo on having the ending!

Congrats, man! I'm closing in on my first truly complete draft, too, although I have some major revisions coming up.

Congrats David! For me, getting that first draft, even a very rough one, is the hardest part.

Hooray, Hec! Good news indeed and I am sure the sanding will go well.

As long as it's not pretentious.

I can't guarantee that, Jon! Also? There are metaphors.

Metaphors? Why, of all the dirty, rotten tricks.