The Sorcerer's Progress (Page 54 of 62)

Current work:
Prose tweaks per above.
Thinking through and outlining the 'turn-the-tide' healing Maurand chapter.  I'd written it a while ago, but it doesn't quite fit the timeline.  Fitting it will probably mean expanding it a little, and I don't mind doing that.  I also want to torture Shassa and Engalt a bit.
Planning some of Melayne's adventures.  I plan to run her into a World she and Caneth had visited in the past.  That calls for a big flashback/reminiscence, which means (a) I have to keep it short while having it big (oops) and I need to work out some of the dynamics between the much younger Caneth and Melayne.
In line with those dynamics, a very small change to Merran's reminiscence of the death of Bartell.  You  might not even notice it.

Edits made to Regrouping.

bzzt!

Great to watch.  Nightmare of traffic.  It was the day every university in the South had their students move in.  And going home ... the evening rush hour is always twice as bad as the morning. More details if you want them, but ... I was away from home for about 62 hours.  39+1/2 of them were on the road, half or more in stop-and-go traffic.  My car decided it wanted an oil change with less than 2k miles since the last one.  I left for home at 13:30 on Tuesday and got there at 04:30 on Wednesday.

A murrain 'pon those who don't bother to notice that their response to traffic congestion is to make the congestion worse!

Whazzup wit' NJC?

Well, I've reached a point where I see how my work isn't good enough, but I'm groping blindly for better.  I need to push on through this.

I also need to renumber chapters ... which suggests I also need to manage structure better, to do more in less, to give each item more roles to play.

I give myself 'til midnight Friday.

Yes, and all in between and at the extremes.  But here the selection of events to advance milieu, character, plot, theme, and thesis.

what's the scene? is it steamy?

Is Merran doing the confronting? Is she confronting with great fortitude?

The screen on my flaptop has died.  It looks like mechanical damage.  Not sure how long it will be out of service.  W/o it it's not even feasible to look for a replacement.

Still expect the replacement screen on Thursday.  Crossing fingers I don't fardle the works when I put it back together.  One connector, four screws, a repaired snap-on bezel, two more screws, and sticky covers (which I can do without) for the screws.

But I'll power it up and chexk before I snap that bezel back in.

Gee, I wish I'd had you for this.  I broke the bezel in one place pulling it off.  I give the assisred superglue a 55% chance of holding it together when I snap it back on.  And you can bet I'll test the thing before I do.