Detox just to Retox

Suddenly the meaning of 'TGIF' means a hell of a lot more than crappy sitcoms on Friday night.



Thanks once again for checking out my meager pittance of a blog. It's quite depressing to look at how my blog is formatted. There's nothing unique about it. It's about as standard as standard goes for the 'blogspot' realm except for the outstanding job I do by occasionally inserting a new photo on the title where the blog's name is nearly unreadable. Well, at least I"m doing that.



Weeks are flying by at a Doc Brown pace, and I swear I don't remember the last four days. I nearly finished reading "The Plunge" in its first iteration, and predictably I'm underwhelmed. I typically dislike everything I do as a point of self-criticism, but upon reading my first pass at "The Plunge" I can definitively say that there's much, much more to do.



I compare writing to building a house. The first step is to construct the frame, which is the foundation upon which the rest of the aesthetics of the home is shaped. Upon that you add the sheet rock, insulation, paint, texturing, fixtures, etc. to complete a home. As for the "The Plunge," I've only got the frame built.



As I'm going back through and reading the sentences I laid down awhile ago, I'm shocked at how bare they are. There's lots more to add and lots more to do before this 'house' is ready to hit the market. I'm excited to one day slap the 'For Sale' sign in the front yard.



I've FINALLY begun work on the computer document itself, which is a liberating feeling. Without a laptop I feel naked, and without one I'm rendered unproductive. Hopefully that will change soon, but until it does, I'll be struggling to do serious work on the title. How did Dickens do it without 4 gigs of ram and a wireless mouse?

Thanks to everyone for their kind words concerning the small blurb I posted on the site awhile back. It's good to know that there are some folks out there looking to read my work. I hope to have final copies of both books completed by June. I've already got four ideas in the hopper for the next one, assuming that neither of these are published/deserving of a sequel. Trust me, everyday I encounter something in my life that is sequel-worthy to "The Plunge."

Until next time...