I knew I was going to help Dennis and Kim with grouting in the basement, so I didn’t do much beyond having breakfast before I left. I arrived before Kim and the girls were back from groceries, so I started to work.
I finished the grouting relatively early and I stayed another few minutes to hang out with them but then left, it felt to me, abruptly.
I managed to get some work done when I came back though. I carried in a pallet for use behind the workshop, and then worked on Not Quite Dark. I’ve now finished the second draft, and it’s fairly decent overall, as far as I can tell. It’s hard to evaluate your own work. I keep thinking of details the story needs and then I work on it some more. Even this evening, I was thinking about some description the novel could use. Maybe I’ll look at it in a while when I’ve forgotten about it enough to consider its problems more clearly.
I worked on it for a few hours and it was nearly dark when I finished. Apparently it’s going to be hot tomorrow. If so, I might work on another book as well. I should try to finish another draft before I leave in three weeks.
