FridayPacked and stopped at the Beer Store on the way out of town.Picked up John and drove in after stops to get wine and groceries.Checked in to hotel.Ran into Nathan almost immediately.Registered at con and ran into Dan.Hooked up with Nathan again and checked out the charity auction (some interesting items present).Went to hotel bar… Continue reading Toronto Trek 2004 convention report
Month: July 2004
Productive week at the cottage
I had an extremely productive week at the cottage. I went through almost 300 pages of editing on my novel manuscript. I'm at the point in the book where the climax begins and only have 60 pages left to edit. The whole thing grew by about 50 pages (possibly more since I collapsed a bunch of… Continue reading Productive week at the cottage
Baby moves
For weeks now Liz has been feeling increasingly strong motion from the baby, from faint fluttering to little pushes. Finally I felt the baby move for the first time last night!
Another first for the week
We participated this morning in our first garage sale. It was part of a street sale on our court. About six houses had stuff out and there was an amazing amount of traffic. I was able to sell a cedar chest, TV stand, bike rack, two boxes of books, a BBQ tank (but not the… Continue reading Another first for the week
Pre-natal class
Liz and I went to our first pre-natal class last night. There were two other couples there who were as far along as we are, but the others were much earlier in their pregnancy. So some of what they covered in terms of what to expect was stuff we've already encountered. Had a bit of… Continue reading Pre-natal class
Office writing attempt
Apparently the office is not a place for creativity. Since Liz will be on the later train, I decided to stay at the office to write. It just does not seem to be working.I'm going to put it aside and try again after getting home. Hopefully the results will be better.
Novel progress
Worked both yesterday the 5th and today the 6th finished problematic chapter 1 and problematic chapter 2. I think I've now resolved some major issues facing my protagonist. This is good.What's not as good is that I now face having to make adjustments all through the rest of the book (which from these chapters on… Continue reading Novel progress
Problematic chapter
Worked on a very problematic chapter today. I'm very pleased with how it's going now. I doubt though that I'll be able to do much more until after the weekend.
Dispatches from Obscurity 