Been Quiet

It’s been quiet I know but life has just been way busy.  Even this morning I probably wouldn’t be here but for the fact I can’t seem to wrap my mind around a one page scene alteration no how.  Probably because I’ve been so lucky to have acquired a lovely little head cold.  Or that’s what I’m blaming it on anyhow.  ;-)  Not that fact I just don’t know what to say.  So with not having a clue what to say I thought I’d hop on here, say hello with a bit of rambling. 

The two older boys finish school this week–YAY!  Can’t believe summer vacation is almost here.  We went away for the weekend to visit my grandmother and father up north and had a great time.  The weather was a bit cool for fishing(didn’t catch anything) but I did get to go out for a nice run on a trail.  Miss the trees I have to tell ya.  We took my grandmother up to Duluth where there is a Barnes and Noble, spent some money and already my oldest has finished his book.  :-)  Guess we will have to make another trip to a book store soon.  What a hard ship. 

I haven’t done any reading lately, been catching up on things but the boys will have some more reviews to add to Harlequin’s Charity Challenge and I’ll have them add them when school gets out.  Which is good as they were hoping to hit 15,000 books read by the end of this month…last I checked it was around 11,000.  That’s a lot of books not yet read!

I’ve been getting running/walking in, though I’ve not recorded it lately–maybe today I will get to that–but its not been to schedule.  It’s been all mixed up for one reason or another.  I’m thinking though that since the kids won’t be in school starting Friday, I should be able to get back on a regular schedule.

On my writing, I’ve been making a steady progress.  My main thing at this point has been taking the scenes I already have, carving them to an eight of the size, tightening them up and then adding a ton more ‘meaningful’ words.  If that makes sense.  :-)  I’m working on the ending chapters which always seem to expand with possibilities way beyond the scope of whatever book length it is I’m working on.  The last chapter which I just got back from my cp was one of these…about 40 pages made into 12 with a whole lot more impact.  I ramble though so I expect this.  Its just the way I write.  I write all kinds of things not essential to the main story.  It helps me get to know my characters I guess and then I sum up the ‘discovery’ in a word or two.  I was extremely happy to discover all those hours of ‘cutting’, ‘tightening’, ‘polishing’….paid off though–my cp really liked that chapter.  :-)  And yesterday I made some really great progress on the carving the next chapter–cut about 4,000 words.  (Doesn’t that just sound wrong???  LOL)  But now, as I mentioned in the beginning of this post…I’ve hit a road block.  Thinking I’ll skim it and move on.  Maybe something during the day today will trigger an idea.  Maybe. 

Well, my rambling is done for now!  Have a good one!

Cole