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Date Posted: 15:48:37 07/06/11 Wed
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celtgirl ()
Subject: Pick, pick, pick......

I feel like the above words describe what I've been doing writing-wise of late. It's been two months since I last said anything on here so I thought, perhaps, it was time for an update.

It's been busy here, what with grad, and the worst head cold I've been host to since my childhood- which thankfully has departed.

Anyway to the book- I'm getting very close to the end, which is why the picking, it slows down at this point, because I'm rethreading the timelines to make sure everything lines up as it should, and changing wee details here and there because events changed ever so slightly, due to a change further into the story that I didn't anticipate. So, I feel like a hen in a yard, pecking away at seeds. But I AM getting there, slowly but surely. This week I told my family to treat me like a prisoner who has no visitation rights. So far, it seems to be working. :)

BTW, you all convinced me that there was more to that story, the snippet of which I posted last time- about the house in Paris- and so I followed the thread and wow, ended up with a large piece of tapestry. So thank you for the inspiration, it led somewhere that really surprised me.

I'll put in a couple of things that are not spoilers in any way, just for each day of writing, I usually have bits that stand out for me, because of how the phrasing came out, or the imagery actually worked out the way I envisioned- or at least came close. But I'll put those inside the first reply.

BTW, Gavin (the man who designs my covers) and I think we have the cover nailed down now. We always throw ideas back and forth. I really think if he can execute his vision (and I have no reason to doubt that he can) it's going to be gorgeous.

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Snippet #1 inside.>>>> -- celtgirl, 15:57:26 07/06/11 Wed
- I'm getting so excited!! Thanks Cindy! (NT) -- LisaW, 17:55:11 07/06/11 Wed
- how is it you can write about a wound and make it sound beautiful? :-) Great piece...as always my interest is piqued! :-) (NT) -- Lil, 12:54:21 07/07/11 Thu
  - I agree with you about that description - fascinating, yet yucky if you think about it! (NT) -- Denise, 20:13:51 07/12/11 Tue
- You are a certified tease, woman! So beautifully done and so very intense. (NT) -- Carla, 18:21:42 07/12/11 Tue
- Beautiful! Jamie's parts are looking to be very deep, poetic and almost mystical. Anxious to see what all your 'picking' brings us :-) (NT) -- Mahri, 13:07:54 07/17/11 Sun
- Blood and vodka. Nothing more Russian than that! Love it, Cindy - can't wait for the rest. (NT) -- Elaine, 19:22:04 07/26/11 Tue
Snippet #2>>>> -- celtgirl, 16:01:53 07/06/11 Wed
- You definitely get the sense of history in this piece. This book seems like its going to be wonderful trip through so many places beyond Ireland. Can't wait! (NT) -- Lil, 12:57:24 07/07/11 Thu
- That sense that a place has been sacred for eons is one of my favourite things about the "Old World". I now the First Nations here have such places, but the ones in the British Isles in particular resonate for me. Wonderfully and succinctly done. (NT) -- Carla, 18:24:02 07/12/11 Tue
- Makes me wish to see this ancient cathedral! (NT) -- Denise, 20:17:01 07/12/11 Tue
- What always amazes me about Europe is just how OLD some of the buildings are. I always find myself thinking about the people who stood there before, what their lives were like, why they were there. (NT) -- Mahri, 13:10:24 07/17/11 Sun
- Oh boy, now you've really pulled me in! I love Paris, and love the way you depict her. This spot truly is the city's center - somewhere I have a photo of that marker on the street that says something like Point Zero. (NT) -- Elaine, 19:21:04 07/26/11 Tue
Favourite sentence from the last few weeks>>> -- celtgirl, 16:17:08 07/06/11 Wed
- Love it, Puffins have to be the funniest looking birds. (NT) -- LisaW, 17:54:18 07/06/11 Wed
- I don't know if I was supposed to laugh, but that little line, out of context, caused me to giggle. :-) (NT) -- Lil, 12:58:56 07/07/11 Thu
  - Yes, it's meant to be funny. :) It's a light moment in a dramatic section. (NT) -- celtgirl, 13:49:04 07/07/11 Thu
- There would definitely not be. My favourite description of puffins -- which I love, btw -- came from the tour guide on a bird/whale watching tour I took out of St. John's: PPFs (piss poor flyers). (NT) -- Carla, 18:25:20 07/12/11 Tue
  - -Like- (NT) -- Elaine (), 19:25:08 07/26/11 Tue
- I'm intrigued to see how this fits into the story! (NT) -- Denise, 20:18:41 07/12/11 Tue
- LOL, puffins are just too damn cute! I'm curious who the Puffin got the better of *g* (NT) -- Mahri, 13:11:28 07/17/11 Sun
  - Honey, you know it's got to be one of the Riordan boys. :) (NT) -- cg, 13:57:59 07/17/11 Sun
- Too cute. Remembering back to the incident with the Connemara pony, I'd have to guess it's Casey who got attacked. =) (NT) -- Elaine, 19:24:07 07/26/11 Tue