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Ginny looked down at Harry and smiled. When he was asleep, when the weight of the world was off his shoulders, he looked so peaceful and she was reminded of why she had fallen in love with him.
Age had been kind to him; his hair was flecked with grey, but he could pass for forty if he wanted to. She brushed his hair with her good hand, smiling to herself as she did. One day Harry, she thought, one day.
The door behind her opened and the Healer in charge of Harry’s case shuffled in.
Harry wasn’t enjoying himself at all. Not one bit. Not only was this the umpteenth shop that he’d let his wife drag him into today, but she seemed to be trying on anything and everything. He stared at the curtains at the front of the changing room and braced himself for the loaded questions that would come his way once she emerged.
.....again.
The better news is that I've made us of the time to write and more of Sins has been written. There are a couple of fair sized holes in the narrative but thankfully not in the plot. I realised that some of the chapters I've started on in the past had long sections where there was lots of tell and very little show. As I've discovered when talking to other writers, telling them to show rather than tell is easy (take a bow Kezza), but actually changing the tell to show is a bit harder.
..... my Internet ... again. Access is being provided by a neighbour who hasn't heard of encryption. My fire wall is on full alert :)
I received an interesting review for Echoes recently.
Reviewer: peregrin Signed Date: 2009.10.18 - 06:56AM Title: Chapter 30: Inquiring Minds, Part II
Really, really well written. I mean it. You are super duper. Top quality.
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However, there is this word on my tongue. It starts with c, ends with é, has six letters and it's actually second word of the name of one of your stories. I know this is getting old but I'll say it anyway: why is this trend everywhere where I look?
Our internet died on Friday and is only just back.
It wasn't a pleasant experince , especially when job hunting, but at least I got some more writing done.
I have finished the third chapter of Sins, at least as far as the narative goes. Its taken a year to write so I think it'll be a real mess. Only time will tell.
I actually wrote some more of this last night. Not much but enough to get me past the bit that was causing me problems. The next bit isn't any easier to write but hopefully won't take as long. This chapter is the hardest one to write as it has the least action in it, just a lot of everyday stuff.
I keep changing my mind about Harry talking to Dumbles. It would be fun to write but would it actually move things forward? I'm not sure.
..... is it new trend on the Englsih language to use the present tense all the time. And example....
The man sits in his chair a looks at the window....
Whereas I would say....
The man sat in his chair and looked at the window.....
Just wondering......
First the bad news.....
Signed on for the first time to day, was patronised and insulted to hell until, that is, the person dealing with me found out I was a financial adviser. She then proceeded to quiz me about the staff pension scheme I had there. I didn't say anything because, well, I would have let rip and who knows what would have happened to my claim then.
And now the good news...
Basically: stalled
My life has taken a turn for the busy in the last few weeks, and it's going to last for at least another week. I've had almost no time to work on writing, aside from the short bits of The Contract we've posted (much of which were already written or which Josh originally drafted). Chapter 24 of MoO2 is in the beta process, but it's waiting for me to have time to do the first-round revisions. Chapter 25 is outlined but waiting on ch24.