Is 40 pages into a 500-600 page book too late to finish off the physical description (relevant later to some extent) of the main character? I worry about jarring a reader out of the current mental image, but perhaps I'm just concerned needlessly as long as the book is internally consistent.

I settled in to do some writing after I've taken the NyQuil. We'll see how that goes. . .

Aimee didn't care about the men chasing after her anymore; this looked like a good place to take a nap.

Aimee didn't care about the men chasing after her anymore

This sometimes happens with Aimee/Amys. ::nods::

I'm done with the revision of chapter 6,well the first revision anyhow. I think that puts me at 10% through the first revision run.

I started chapter 7 revised and actually added words to a scene. I haven't read it aloud yet, so I don't yet know how the NyQuil fueled writing went. Plowing ahead.

My wife has now started a blog about helping me write.

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She seems to think I'll get published. I'm much less optimistic, but we'll clean the hell out of this manuscript and then give it a shot.

That's a great idea for a blog, Gud (You might tell her the correct spelling is "go-fer". Or, you know, not). That concept of support is very very important to people who have to carve time out of their day for their art or craft.

When H was carving and painting figurines, or making pysanky, to be given to others as a gift from our family, I was in charge of the music, backrubs, sandwiches, fresh tea, kid wrangling, parent wrangling, and kibbitzing about color and design. And when I was working on the last drawer novel, I would eat when a plate of hot and delicious food was put between me and my keyboard. Physical and practical support is invaluable to someone with limited time to devote to their art.

oh god, this conversation is going so badly. moral support, please. my hands are shaking. i feel terrible. i might start to cry.

I'm sorry it's going badly Allyson. This is about redoing the chapters I assume? You're doing what you have to, he let this go for a year, you're not going to be able to move forward without him not holding up his end.

God, so awful. Sorry, Allyson.

I'm a greedy backstabber who would never have gotten this far without him.

Friendship over.

I feel awful. I stood my ground, but it couldn't have gone any worse than it did.

I'm a greedy backstabber who would never have gotten this far without him.

Okay, wait-- he wrote three chapters out of ten that he then didn't work on for nearly a year?

EPIC FAIL on his part.