I know what kind of goodies I'd like to find in my bag after Trick or Treating. We like to call them Freedom Seeds. Just remember, guns don't kill people, Alec Baldwin kills people. If he'd actually bothered to take one of those NRA gun safety classes he vilified, he wouldn't be in the news right now for committing negligent homicide. Of course, Hollywood seems to love being full of hypocrisy - guns are evil, but let's make our money from movies with people shooting guns.
Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now, since you're not reading my blog to find out whether I liked the new 'Dune' or not. (I did.)
Chapter 15 is halfway complete. The first 13 chapters are completely through the editing process and other than final read through, are ready to go starting Thanksgiving. I would have liked to have had the whole book done by the end of the year, but I don't see any way of that happening now. As you know if you've read my blog, I'm a Realtor (tm). That means I could have nothing on my calendar at all and be merrily writing, and fifteen minutes later, I'm booked up for the next week showing houses. Then you have to do the inspection process, the TRR and negotiation, make sure everything proceeds through for closing, and then finally actually closes like needed, so then you get paid.
One of the things I've done is not repeat myself every chapter this book. My editors have been asking me - who's this person? What's the difference between Uhuru and Uluru? I told them that one of the complaints I had was that Cal seemed to keep tooting his own horn by repeating his accomplishments, or someone would say basically the same thing three chapters in a row. I realized that what was happening was I write in a serialized fashion. I'm assuming that you, the reader, are only going to get my information every week, and you may need reminding. However, when you read the book straight through, it's annoying, because I just said something last chapter, and here I am, repeating it again.
At least that tells me how to cut things when I go back and edit my other books again.
Well, enjoy your tricks and treats tonight, and Let's Go, Brandon!