Small Earthquake Update, Plus "Completed Today"

Just a snippet from the 'burbs (east side!) on the 'quake front for yesterday: only 7 earthquakes at the time I drafted this post but 3 of them were "plus 4.0 M", i.e. decidedly noticeable (they were also shallow which helps on the noticeability front)—and of course with the official prediction of a 30% chance of another major shake in the next month (likelihood reduces to 'just 25%' if we get through that) everything noticeable sends the heart rate jumping. On the brighter side, trucks and diggers came to our street and took all the liquefacted material along the kerb away—all small steps but it still feels like progress (all over again.) But given that prediction, I can't help thinking: "until next time!" Then hoping like anything that the 70% will prevail this time around.

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OK, on to "completed today" (although really, it's for yesterday) with the Great Revision. And the working day was very productive (despite stopping, hands poised over keyboard for those 4.0s) because I effectively rewrote a complete chapter to fit in with other changes I've made. So here are the stats:

1704 completely new words written / 5.5 pages of new material inserted
10 further pages of manuscript rewritten.
Total Pages Until Completion: 119 plus Glossary.

Tomorrow I will begin by reading through and polishing the chapter completed today.

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And the bonus highlight for the day—I got to see the new US cover for The Gathering of the Lost and although it is still under wraps and cannot be revealed on the blog, let me tell you that it is amazingly wonderful and I am so excited and looking forward to seeing it out there—and correspondingly motivated to reduce that page count further again!