Peek

I spent quite a bit of time waiting for this squirrel to get out from behind these crooks so I could take its picture. It never moved for about five minutes (which seemed like an eternity) and then it bolted for the back corner of the yard. Stubborn tree rat.

 

When it came time to draw, the page that fell open was Squirrel but I chose to draw the optional critter. A Chipmunk. They're the same, in this book anyway, except for the tail.

 

This morning's novel intensive Zoom went okay. I used my phone's hotspot to connect to the internet and only got kicked off once and it came right back on. Whew. As soon as the Zoom meeting was over FedEx delivered my new modem. It couldn't have come yesterday so I could get it hooked up, no, that would have been too convenient. Then I spent an hour on the phone with a Spectrum tech getting the new equipment activated and he also updated my (new) router. In addition, he tweaked my wi-fi somehow so it would be more reliable. Friday will be the test. I have a 2-hour Zoom after lunch with writers and then a 3-hour Zoom after supper with the knitters. God I hope this solved the problem. Luckily I made an appointment to return the old modem because when I got there, there were 25 walk-ins waiting and not nearly enough service people working, so I was only there for about half an hour to return the modem, get a receipt, and leave. 

That was pretty much my whole day. After this morning's novel intensive group Zoom, I read the comments as they came in and worked to integrate them into the manuscript. I'm having a hard time with some of them. A couple people said I need to describe my characters, what they look like, what they're wearing, their mannerisms. I've never really done that so I'm struggling to try my hand at it. I know what they look like but I'm having trouble putting it in. Can't people use their imaginations? I know I need to add sensory detail and I'm struggling with that too. Maybe I'll take a little break. Clear my mind.

--Barbara