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Yay! Finished the second draft of my novel and my report for the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, to finalize my accountability for the grant I received last year. Hope they find it acceptable.

I have to say, I kind of liked doing the report–reviewing the goals I had when I applied for the grant and seeing how well I had met them. Because the novel was critted by beta readers, I had some good data to submit under various headings, along with my self evaluation. It gave me an opportunity to see how much I had accomplished with the novel, which was cool for me.

Other than the fact that I lost a day backing up stuff onto Open Office, when both Pages and Word were being glitchy, the Rainforest was awesome with lots of work finished and a great opportunity to connect with old friends and meet new ones.

Yay! Loving an intimate, 7-person writers’ retreat with friends in the mountains. Writing all day and all evening, punctuated with an occasional trip to the hot tub and dinner/conversation about writing. Getting TONS done!

I added a prologue to the novel. I know they are controversial, but…I really like it. Sigh.

I really have a fine critique group who give me wonderful feedback: useable suggestions that improve my work and share a vision for what I am trying to do. Revision is always lots of work, and is sometimes tough, but they give me critique that is not overwhelming. Really enjoying working on my current novel.