Wednesday, April 15, 2009  The wild social whirl and the
beginnings of battle  Something of a social whirl day today, so
I got up early and got down to getting another 1000 words of
Hallsfoot's Battle into the pot. Which meant actually starting
the big battle scenes, which I suspect will go on for some time
and have a variety of different viewpoints in them. So that
brings me safely into the 108,000 word range. I'm still a tad
(well, more than a tad) worried about whether I'll be up to the
task of making the concept of battle terrifying enough,
particularly as I don't think war is my strong point, but I'll
do the best I can and see what comes out - or goes in - during
the edit. Thank God no-one ever sees the draft version, eh. That
would be very frightening indeed. Even I can barely bring myself
to read it.  This morning's meditation, meanwhile, is this:
Meditation 106  A vow is like a pearl.  It belongs to the man
who pays for it, not to she  who wears it.  Talking of poetry,
I'm very happy to say that Per