Tools for 2008

I just bought Jeff Herman's book about agents and editors and publishing in general and Donald Maass' book, Writing the Breakout Novel. Lots of food for thought. I have been doing so much thinking about the "California" book, that I hope I'll still be able to write it.

The Herman book has some agents new to me, one hopes young and hungry. I'm thinking maybe I need one more pass thru Promiscuous Mode. This "one more pass" business has become very tedious, however I did see some work that could be done at the beginning and further along too. It wasn't perfect, and no one has raced to ask for the whole manuscript.

Yesterday my young guest and I saw The Water Horse, which was pretty good, with excitement, scary parts, feelly parts, well, you know. I am still trying to get to the Bee Movie and other more adult films. We have tickets to Copenhagen (the play, not the city) this month, which will relieve the January tedium a bit.

It's been colder than a well digger's fundament, and the high Sierras are getting a huge storm, and Tahoe will have lots of snow if anyone can actually get there. Lots and lots of snow.

Onward,

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