#3 Thing I Loved: I got to pull garlic mustard for an hour at Crosby Farm Park, uninterrupted, by myself. You know you're hard up for uninterrupted time to do something when weed-pulling becomes bliss simply because you get to do it straight through for a whole hour without having to stop. Confession: In some ways I actually love being hard up for time in this way. It fosters much more joy and appreciation than having too much time all to myself.
#2 Thing I Loved: I actually think I've finished revising Part 1 of my book, at least for now (I expect ripple effect changes in all the book's sections as I move forward with revision), and I'm actually ready to move in to working on Part 2. My goal was to finish work on Part 1 by May 20, so yahoo for coming pretty darn close to that deadline. Today I also realized definitively that I want to use a non-chronological narrative because I noticed how much the energy in the book picked up as I started to describe Bridger as a verbal toddler and young child rather than just as a baby making my life miserable with his sleeplessness and incessant nursing. I want to make sure to weave in scenes of my kids as older children alongside the baby stuff. I hadn't known that I wanted to do that until today, and the discovery was exciting.
And number 1:
Ah, my fabulous little girl. Thank you for that.
3 comments:
Your book progress does sound exciting! I'd love to hear more about the project. It's always a thrill to re-envision how you're going to go about a section of your writing. Some of my friends hate revising, but I actually love it. You've made the clay and you get to play with it!
Congrats on the book progress/breakthrough!! I am so excited for you to be *done* - one of these days.
I hear you about weed-pulling. Even cleaning the toilet alone is ecstasy.
And finally, I think you could write a little novelty book with wisdom just from Cassidy.
p.s. love your topic. Think I might steal it!
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