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Today doesn't much feel like a Monday, because it is being spent at a rental cottage rather than at work. I booked the whole week off to do nothing in particular, and so it shall be.
The cottage is frankly excellent, in a beautiful, quiet, wooded area. I've seen more species of bird in one full day of being outside than I would see in a week at home: nuthatches, several species of woodpeckers, wrens, hummingbirds, and all else, including on one occasion, an osprey. The fish pond out back is home to three fat green frogs (Lithobates clamitans), perhaps more, as I seem to notice a new one every day. The dog joins me outside happily.
I brought all my writing with me, as I am incapable of simply leaving it, and have made significant progress on the rough drafts of chapters 32 and 33 of Sulphur and Starlight. I hope to get some work through to chapter 34 at least. From the vantage of the reader, the fic nears completion, though I see a mountain of hard work still in my future.
I've also been reading avidly since I got here, and will shortly finish The Lies of Locke Lamora, an excellent book I struggled to finish for literal years. I hope it takes me somewhat less time to finish the sequel, though I don't own it--the other books brought with me belong to a completely random assortment of other authors. A long walk earlier today has left me more inclined to read (and nap) than write this afternoon, but we'll see how I feel after dinner.
The cottage is frankly excellent, in a beautiful, quiet, wooded area. I've seen more species of bird in one full day of being outside than I would see in a week at home: nuthatches, several species of woodpeckers, wrens, hummingbirds, and all else, including on one occasion, an osprey. The fish pond out back is home to three fat green frogs (Lithobates clamitans), perhaps more, as I seem to notice a new one every day. The dog joins me outside happily.
I brought all my writing with me, as I am incapable of simply leaving it, and have made significant progress on the rough drafts of chapters 32 and 33 of Sulphur and Starlight. I hope to get some work through to chapter 34 at least. From the vantage of the reader, the fic nears completion, though I see a mountain of hard work still in my future.
I've also been reading avidly since I got here, and will shortly finish The Lies of Locke Lamora, an excellent book I struggled to finish for literal years. I hope it takes me somewhat less time to finish the sequel, though I don't own it--the other books brought with me belong to a completely random assortment of other authors. A long walk earlier today has left me more inclined to read (and nap) than write this afternoon, but we'll see how I feel after dinner.
