It's my day off.

And we're probably headed out to Richmond Beach. This is Indie's favorite spot! She's even waded in the shallow water a bit...without knowing it...

We were planning on possibly going to see THE EXPENDABLES with Dave, but probably not till next week. That movie looks reeeee-diculous!

I just paid my deferment fee at Columbia College. All told, I paid a decent amount of fees--one to accept my spot, the second to defer--so when I start next year I'll have a big chuck of my first semester's bill out of the way. Not bad. I'm really excited to go, but I'm also really excited to be here. The baby's coming soon and we're gonna have almost a year to be around our friends and family in the NW. I think that this choice is really been good for us, and it'll be good for our little boy. It WILL suck having to move when fall comes, but hey, I gotta finish grad school. I don't want to be teaching comp and working at a front desk for the rest of my life. I got bills to pay!

I've been writing a lot of new stuff and revising the shit out of WOLVES. Right now I'm mapping out the letters. There are about 15 or so, but I'm gonna turn that 15 into twenty (though I'm cutting about four, so I got a lot of production to do). The time I have to finish this draft seemed like a lot in theory, but when it comes down to it, it's not a lot of time. Though, I know what I have to do on that end. In terms of the main narrative--the preacher vanishing and all the murders surfacing--well, I need to make that arc present, and I need to make to it the anchor arc that is filled in by the CUE BACKDROPS and the letters. I think the book's organization is going to change a lot based on how the letters end up...and how much I bring the sheriff's search into the foreground (which is something the editors really want).

I'm thinking about ways to promote this book when it comes out (if it comes out). I'm probably gonna do a series on this blog about certain characters, murders, things...I'll probably get a twitter account (I know, but it's a way to promote...maybe I won't), and I'm gonna try to set up a blog tour. Any ideas? Throw 'em my way!

I'm kinda hungry so I think it's time for lunch.

Oh, the New Season of Mad Men is chugging along...if you're not up on the show, get there.

Bye bye boys and girls

J to the oshua