Anywhere I hang my theme is home

Quote of the day:

"You only see the tree by the light of the lamp. I wonder when you would ever see the lamp by the light of the tree."

—G. K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday

( Illustrated quote of the day. )

Writing talk of the day: I'm working on chapter 37 now. Chapter 32 has just been posted to the OWW. Major revelation in that chapter (hint). One everyone's been asking me about for months (hint). I'm working steadily towards the end of the book, reaching a rather frightening word count, see much cutting in my future. I already have some ideas about what can go, but I'm not tackling a rewrite for awhile after finishing this monster.

( More stuff on new writing projects, finding themes and books that influenced my novels. )

Bric-a-brac

The rat squirrel, thought to be extinct for 11 million years, is alive and living in Laos. My first thought after hearing the news was, "Perhaps there's hope for the rat bastards after all."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060309/ap_on_sc/species_survivor

( And here's some pictures of Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset. )