Category Archives: The Troubles

Starting at the front of the manuscript making ever smaller changes mostly for clarification. This should be a very rapid edit as I’m looking for technical issues rather than content issues (though I did make one content change this afternoon, … Continue reading →

A small update. I reworked Soho 1 and the following chapter to draw out some detail. Am very pleased with the result. I’m also adding character detail which is proving interesting.

It never ceases to amaze me how changing the order of things and rewriting accordingly can make such a dramatic difference to a piece. Right now I’ve resequenced the beginning of the Pierrepont section, pulling forward a few details from … Continue reading →

Upon review, it seems there are two issues with the Pierrepont section. Parts of it need to be resequenced and/or split off on their own, and some stuff needs to be focused on more closely. Part of the problem is … Continue reading →

Once again I thought I might have the story done only to find I’m unhappy with how the Pierrepont section flows. There are some really good bits, and a lot of the story comes through fine, but there’s also extra … Continue reading →

Felt like someone hit me with a baseball bat last night as I realized how much power the bookends control – if I get it right. Before this morning I knew I was close, but I also knew I needed … Continue reading →

Just about time to tie the whole thing together. I’ll refresh my bookends as there are a couple of things I want to add to heighten the overall impact. I’m still not very happy with the Pierrepont section – too … Continue reading →

Doing some rough editing of the final two chapters at present. Last night I decided moving some stuff out of the second to last chapter was the right thing to do. Today I did the move, then chopped it down … Continue reading →

Dancin’ Days – Spring 1983, the second to last chapter (as of this moment). Getting closer and closer to the final page.

I decided to slice and dice things a bit. I knew I had some rearranging to do, but when I took a look at the end result I wasn’t happy with it. So I gutted an entire chapter and moved … Continue reading →