Wednesday progress

[deborahjross]

Much to my delight, the draft of the next Darkover novel has taken off. My goal was to spend my beach week just hammering out an outline. I now have said outline, and almost 5 chapters. Darned thing seems to be writing itself... and the last half of Chapter 5 will be from Marion's ms.

At the same time, got a pleading call from the office mgr at my old job. They're in between scheduler/receptionists, so could I please help them until they hire someone else? I said yes, fingers crossed it will only be for a short while. Surprisingly, I'm not awfully worried about losing momentum on the Darkover book. I think it's achieved steamroller status and heaven help anything that gets in its way.

Comments

[mallory-blog.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Hopefully it isn't so blazing hot in your neck of the woods. I'm ready for fall already. :)

[deborahjross.livejournal.com]

We've had a week of triple-digit temps, plus mandatory water conservation. Garden suffers, and we may lose a significant portion of some crops. However, house is well insulated, so we are comfortable-ish.

I'm waiting on approval for the title of the Darkover book. I have proposed IN THE SHADOW OF THE KING, combining the tentative THE RELUCTANT KING and THE SHADOW KING. The former was to be basically a rewrite of WORLD WRECKERS, and I don't think anyone but Marion is entitled to do that. I think IN THE SHADOW ... offers more interest than just THE SHADOW KING. What do you think?

[mallory-blog.livejournal.com]

We've been triple digit too and I'm just not built for it. I'm watering my plants like mad and hoping they won't die completely. I am spending way too much time in the AC of my bedroom which is a bit slug inducing.

I like "In the Shadow" more than the other although I think they potentially suggest very different stories.