I had some grand and verbose political statement typed in here but I removed it. What’s the use?
Instead, I hope everyone had a safe and fun July 4th and didn’t get their fingers burned by a sparkler or two. We only had a couple of accidents and those could be treated with a little ice and neosporin. Why does the July 4th holiday turn at least 90% of Americans into pyromanics? Just wondering.
I was off Friday, so I finished up the laundry. Hubby did the grocery store trips and played golf. Yesterday it was a pool party at a friends house and then back to our place to watch the fireworks and set off a few of our own. Gotta love living within a twenty-minute drive to South Carolina!
Today, I plan to type some handwritten pages. Yep, I’m still writing. I’ve completely overhauled my new project from 1st person to third and gave my character a “granola” new age edge. So far it’s working, for me anyway.
Since I’ve been working longer hours at the day job, I’m entitled to full lunch hour. So, off I drive to a local park, pull into the shadiest spot I can find, and write until it’s time to go back to work.
I did this same thing when I wrote the historical serial a few years back and it worked pretty well. The only problem is the area where I work now. It’s a little dicey, so I switch up my routine a bit. Different parks (there are two close ones), different sections of said parks and making certain I’m never alone. Oh the times in which we live!
Today I’m a golf widow. Most wives have an issue with this, but I’m okay. Perhaps one day, I’ll take lessons, but right now, I have free time to relax and create.
Colin, I never responded to your question of whether I enjoyed A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH. Well, it was brilliantly written and expertly translated and I wanted to like it, but honestly, Shukhov took me kicking and screaming through each page and I was freezing everytime I read it. With the path the US Congress is taking the country right now, a book about a USSR Communist labor-camp inmate in Siberia scares the hell out of me. I’m seriously not kidding.
I think, like with Tolstoy and any other translated book, one has to consider the era of the writing and the message. Yes, this is a Nobel Prize winning book so of course there is a theme – Perseverance of the human spirit in the face of extreme adversity.
