Microcosm

Quote of the day:

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."

—Bertrand Russell


G'head. Apply that to a microcosm of your choosing.

Letting life get in the way

Cut another 500 words today from more tightly written chapters, for a total of 6,000 words and 24 pages cut. I still have quite a bit of ms. to go, so I'm confident there's another 15k to be gotten rid. Maybe more to make room for the wee bit of a new beginning. That would be really nice.

Crime scene of the day: Well, of tomorrow.

Tomorrow we take Lynn for her birthday treat: a Dearly Departed tour of L.A. murder sites. That should be festive—for a crime aficionado like her. Have to get up early to do it, too, because the normal 1 p.m. tour was sold out. I guess she's not the only one who grooves on the Manson family murders, baby.

Then lunch at the Raymond, a truly nice restaurant in Pasadena, where she lives.

So I'm thinking there won't be much writing or cutting of writing tomorrow. I'm going to let life get in the way for a change. And that's a good thing.