I have finished my chapter outline, hurrah!
It's amazing what a difference having a writing coach is making...half of it is just knowing someone will be there reading what I write, but the other half is his gift for breaking things down into pieces. I keep getting intimidated by the sheer mass of the bloody thing--keeping track of all the anecdotes, imagery, photos, etc. is like trying to wrestle an octopus--but he keeps me focused by doing very specific, small writing assignments that, put together, lead up into something "real". I like it.
(This is actually his online writing class, not coaching (yet). I recommend it highly--though, if you don't have $400 to spare, you can get a lot out of reading the course description.)
Anyway, I have completed my (draft) chapter outline and have thought up a gimmick to tie the book together into one neat package--now it's back to my notes, to see what elements I can put into which chapter.
The one downer is that my cat chewed through the cable on my mini-speakers (he'll chew through any cord that's not armor-plated), so I have to go out and get a new pair before I can start going through my (computerized) audio notes. Foo.
By the way, I got the 8" suri alpaca and it is BEAUTIFUL!! I was expecting something long but coarse, like Lincoln or Coopworth, but it's very fine, very soft, and oh-so-long-stapled! The only downer is that the color is more like a chocolate brown than an auburn--I had been hoping for auburn. It's also a little tangled/felted--flicking it produces beautiful long fiber, but also takes out a good chunk of it, more than usual. But it is beautiful stuff. I just wish I had a use for it; I'm not planning to make a chocolate brown shawl anytime soon (read: "ever"), so that means I won't be using it for anything soon. If anyone wants some beautiful suri and is willing to take it off my hands, it's 10-11 oz of lovely brown suri for $20. (It may be slightly less than 11 oz now that I've washed all the dust out of it.) Gorgeous stuff, though. Send me an email if you're interested--my email address is on the "About Me" page of my website, or you can just leave a comment. Wish I had a use for it!
Meanwhile, tomorrow I am dreading taking my cat in for her vaccinations, and I'm also planning to dye some silk for my mother and make some fudge. Lavender-Meyer lemon-white chocolate and maple walnut for sure, after that I might get exotic and try strawberry or something like that. I have a LOT of leftover preserves to use up. Raspberry fudge doesn't sound too bad either...or maybe a rosewater-white-chocolate-cardamom fudge, a la the Afghan dessert called firnee (which is gelatin, milk, rosewater, cardamom, and maybe other spices, and is very yummy). Dunno exactly what else I'll make--that's what life is for, to experiment. :-)
(This is actually his online writing class, not coaching (yet). I recommend it highly--though, if you don't have $400 to spare, you can get a lot out of reading the course description.)
Anyway, I have completed my (draft) chapter outline and have thought up a gimmick to tie the book together into one neat package--now it's back to my notes, to see what elements I can put into which chapter.
The one downer is that my cat chewed through the cable on my mini-speakers (he'll chew through any cord that's not armor-plated), so I have to go out and get a new pair before I can start going through my (computerized) audio notes. Foo.
By the way, I got the 8" suri alpaca and it is BEAUTIFUL!! I was expecting something long but coarse, like Lincoln or Coopworth, but it's very fine, very soft, and oh-so-long-stapled! The only downer is that the color is more like a chocolate brown than an auburn--I had been hoping for auburn. It's also a little tangled/felted--flicking it produces beautiful long fiber, but also takes out a good chunk of it, more than usual. But it is beautiful stuff. I just wish I had a use for it; I'm not planning to make a chocolate brown shawl anytime soon (read: "ever"), so that means I won't be using it for anything soon. If anyone wants some beautiful suri and is willing to take it off my hands, it's 10-11 oz of lovely brown suri for $20. (It may be slightly less than 11 oz now that I've washed all the dust out of it.) Gorgeous stuff, though. Send me an email if you're interested--my email address is on the "About Me" page of my website, or you can just leave a comment. Wish I had a use for it!
Meanwhile, tomorrow I am dreading taking my cat in for her vaccinations, and I'm also planning to dye some silk for my mother and make some fudge. Lavender-Meyer lemon-white chocolate and maple walnut for sure, after that I might get exotic and try strawberry or something like that. I have a LOT of leftover preserves to use up. Raspberry fudge doesn't sound too bad either...or maybe a rosewater-white-chocolate-cardamom fudge, a la the Afghan dessert called firnee (which is gelatin, milk, rosewater, cardamom, and maybe other spices, and is very yummy). Dunno exactly what else I'll make--that's what life is for, to experiment. :-)
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home