Things are better. We had a really good weekend. He actually seemed to be trying. We actually went out of the house and did things without him complaining it was too far, too much like going to work. And I've started on home improvements as well - getting the door stained, the chairs painted - little things, but I really need hands on work to keep me in a good mood in the summer. I like a little destruction with breakfast, thank-you very much!
I gave Sandsifters to an editor (a friend of a friend) with much trepidation. She's had many questions and given me back two chapters now; and I think this is going to work out. I read sentences that she's edited and am awed at how much tighter she's made the composition and the structure. And she's asking me questions that make me think, and realize where I need to rewrite for clarity. It feels like a process rather than a criticism - like we are working together to make the story better rather than her picking apart my "baby" while I cringe at the blows. In other words - it has become a process between two professionals. I am surprised to find how much I am enjoying this part of novel writing.
Monday, July 14, 2008
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So much happening at the Home of Ipsi. I hope the last couple of weeks have been good too. I can recall coming on edge when a family visit was approaching. X was not an only like your Mr. Ip, but he was mama's favorite and the first born, so all things moved aside when family came to town. And I loved my inlaws -- still do, most of 'em. But some people just have this tradition rooted in their minds that our job in the daughter/wife role is to take over the grunt work and sit quietly on the sidelines so that the archetypal matriarch can finally enjoy the comforts of family to which she's entitled. Knowing that's what was coming and that there wasn't much to do about it probably set some of the unpleasantries in motion.
Hope that things are more right now and that you sail through the next few weeks. If you hit a rough patch I have an old dining room table that needs resurfacing. ;-)
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