Three More Big Scenes To Go

Since John's loss of job a week ago, the mouse hunting affair and work I have been devoting every spare moment to the new novel, as yet unnamed, about vampires in modern society (something a little different from what's out there now because of how I'm working this angle I came up with into the story). Kelly has been reading as fast as I have been writing, so while continuity issues need to be addressed (I never plot and plan-just sit down and write and never take notes although I should so at the end I always have to go back and fix little things) much of the verb tense, spelling and punctuation issues caused by flying fingers on the keyboard and occasional interruptions that cause me to lose focus have been fixed. All continuity issues and such will be taken care of during it's final overhauling phase but I'm pleased with how it's going and she is really enjoying the emerging novel (nearly 59,000 words). Both are good signs.

Today's amusing moments consisted of trying to shoot portrait pictures of my husband with my little Cool Pix camera for his LinkedIn page. He hates having his picture taken. I'm short, he's tall, so with him standing it was like I was shooting up his nose, definitely not a good angle for him, and he was looking down at me which gave him a sleepy-eyed appearance. We solved the problem when he grabbed a kitchen chair and sat down- much better angle! Only now he was getting antsy and tired of the camera's flash, so I had to get him laughing. I started pretended he was at a beauty/fashion photo shoot, calling him "Darling!" and saying, "Look here, not at my chest! Up here!" Had him laughing, but then of course I was laughing, too. In the end I managed to get two very nice shots of him with a smile on his face. So he chose the one he liked best and posted it- task accomplished.