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Almost halfway there - although, like I said in my previous post, I plan on going much more slowly starting in December. Part of the reason is because of time constraints, but another reason is that I'm going to be going back over the first half and rearranging the chapters slightly. One of the things I did with my erotica, that ended up working quite well, was to divide the story not by chapters but sections: the eight sections of "The Unattainable" were based on the eight seconds a rider needs to mark out in a rodeo event; and sections of "At the Edge of Ellensburg" were based on various geological time periods of Eastern Washington. Instead of having "Chapter One", "Chapter Two", etc., I plan on labeling the novel chapters with certain astrological events as they relate to Earth. That's about as much as I'll say about it for now. Not to be coy or anything - once I see if it works, then I'll be more specific.

Since this is Thanksgiving, I'll say that I'm thankful for the apple brown betty in my oven and the cold beer next to my computer, and generally for the fact that I'm alive. I hope everyone else has a good holiday weekend.

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