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I have a similar experience, but with movies & TV. My friend is an actor, so he's told me all about the process of making them. As a result, I now wonder about the making of something (e.g., counting extras, wondering if something is CGI), rather than becoming immersed in the story. One major exception is The West Wing. The characters and stories are so good, the only time I wonder about the making of that show is when I notice how long the camera stays on the actors as they walk/talk (usually quickly) inside the set without a cut. They walk through hallways, past cubicles, around corners, into rooms, out the other side, etc, passing any number of extras walking, talking on phones, making photocopies, chatting, delivering mail, etc., all of it perfectly timed.

There is a discussion thread about this in Premium. The last update was Oct. 1. If you go to the forum, click on Show Your Posts, then on User Defined Search and enter the keywords "chapter length".

The search feature is a gem (there's even an advanced search), but it's too well hidden to be widely used.

I just bought Lord of the Rings for Kindle. It's probably been two decades since I last read it. A chance to read it from the perspective of a writer.

In Calgary, the coldest winter in the past 25 years was -40 degrees. That doesn't account for how much colder it feels when there's high humidity. I was there over Christmas when that happened. I arrived with the remnants of the flu, shoveled two foot deep snow for my mother, and caught a cold. By then, I was no longer used to cold weather, so it felt even worse. Haven't been back for Christmas since then. Calgary in spring is much better.

I grew up in Calgary, so I lived there until I moved to Ottawa for work. It was August and hot as hell. The day after I got to Ottawa, I heard on the radio that Calgary had been hit with a freak snowstorm. :-)

However, Calgary can also be the hot spot in Canada in winter, with people jogging in shorts, while the maritime provinces are under three feet of snow.

I protest! The writing elite live in NJ. I even have my own copy of Writing Fiction for Dummies. I can already feel the royalties rolling in.

Adhemar is nice, but Ronan is a good runner-up, IMO.

I unwittingly gave one of my two MCs the name Apollo after the Roman god. It's a sci-fi story with a Roman theme, and I had completely forgotten about the old Battlestar Galactica TV series from the 80s, and I didn't watch the more recent reboot. By the time someone reminded me of that other Apollo, I was too invested in the name to give it up.

Commercials are the best way to find out that something better is on. And when I've run out of news channels, I surf my dozen free HBO channels and realize the commercials were actually better. That's when I bring out the big guns: Wolf Blitzer doing 24/7 coverage of the latest minority group that Donald Trump has insulted, including new camera angles of that squirrel on Donald's head.

I'd laugh at what he's doing to the Republican party, but then I watch the Democrats and realize that the smartest person among both parties is the one who likes to call himself a socialist. Do I renew the U.S. Green Card or the Canadian passport?

My characters have God to keep them entertained. Joseph was in solitary for one chapter, followed by a chapter spent lying in a prison bunk puzzling out the mysteries of the universe. All he had for company was the "voices". The reader, on the other hand, may have been tortured by those chapters, but I ... er, Joseph had a great time.

Lady Kay is the author, so I plan to keep her. I haven't thought of a book title for Marsha yet that's better than Kimberly Rose and Jenna. What's Marsha's last name?

Yes. I scoured online for charities that pick up (I don't drive). Salvation Army seems to be my only choice in this neighborhood. I can deal with the pickup delay. I doubt I'll move this year, but I hope to be ready by the end of January when I have to sign a new lease.

I finally found someone who wants the monster fridge. They're coming tomorrow. That leaves the bed and the wall unit. The latter I can probably sell for a few hundred bucks.