Nifty, it's nice to know that Google docs does that. It doesn't sound as hidden as OpenOffice's. Not that I'm going to shift to using something other than MS Word.

I may pick up another beta swap reader. She approached me about it, but is concerned about the size of my book. We shall see.

I don't want to get over-committed, but I appear to be going along about an order of magnitude faster than my current beta swap partner.

Speaking of over commitment I'm starting to really kick around an idea for another unrelated book. Must. finish. current. book.

Why is current chapter going so slow? Maybe I'm trying to compress too many little plot points into too few words.

Sometimes, writing by hand's just the only way to break through a block.

My hands hurt, but I've got a better handle on what I'm doing.

I think.

That sounds promising. I hope you really do have the handle.

I hope to bludgeon my way through revised chapter 15 tonight, or at least the tricky part of it.

I have run into another dilemma. I have a female protagonist. In the rough draft there are a total of two guys who take an interest in her, though there is never any competition. Is adding another too much? Nothing actually ever comes of it and it would make a couple of things work nicely with regard to his behavior. I worry that is too many though, no matter how it's handled. There are maybe 11 significant male characters in the story. Maybe I should just go with it and see what beta readers think.

Well, if she's attractive she's bound to get lots of attention, but personally, I wouldn't want to create a Bella-in-Forks type sitch where you spend time making every guy around fancy her like they've been in Em City and haven't seen a woman for a year.

I wouldn't want to create a Bella-in-Forks type sitch where you spend time making every guy around fancy her like they've been in Em City and haven't seen a woman for a year.

Suh-nerk.

It's not everyone who knows Twlight and OZ, I bet. Thank you. ETA: If Guy 1 and Guy 2 are strutting preeners and Third Guy is more the hang-back-and-yearn type, it might work.

I wouldn't want to create a Bella-in-Forks type sitch where you spend time making every guy around fancy her like they've been in Em City and haven't seen a woman for a year.

Yeah, that would be the concern and she isn't a great beauty for that matter.

ETA: If Guy 1 and Guy 2 are strutting preeners and Third Guy is more the hang-back-and-yearn type, it might work.

Well, guy 3 would never do anything about it so he's definitely a hang-back-and-yearn type. For that matter protagonist isn't ever aware of it. Guy 1 and Guy 2 are sort of dud and mensch and don't overlap.

Well, ok, at least you're not setting her up to stop traffic.