Oracles

Synchronicity of the day: I was reading "Paperjack" by Charles De Lint last night and one of the characters (Jilly) said something that I thought merebrillante, at least, might find synchronous:

"Everybody makes the same mistake. Fortune-telling doesn't reveal the future; it mirrors the present. It resonates against what your subconscious already knows and hauls it up out of the darkness so that you can get a good look at it."

—Charles De Lint, "Paperjack," Dreams Underfoot

I climaxed too soon

I've been feverishly working away on the big fight scene and I realized part of the reason these folks have been yapping instead of doing, part of the reason I've been so reluctant to write this now. This is the 1968 climax, and the next section of the book that I'll go to is the 6th century part. But the part immediately following the '68 climax (as currently configured) would be the lead up to the 6th century climax. So, the pacing would be all fricky fracky—churn up, then slow down. I need to save this chapter until after the 6th century climax so I can have it line up as climax-climax-1976 climax. Bing bang bong instead of an anti-climactic hurdy gurdy movement.

I'm glad I realized this before anyone read this section of ms.

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