Moraine has been read by another human

Friday I printed out a draft, and I let Ed read it. He didn't say it sucked, he didn't call it unoriginal, and he seemed to have liked some aspects of it, so I guess that's good. He confirmed that I need to work on the Uncle Dave character. I think I need to flesh out his history a bit on scrap paper.

Yesterday we were discussing the story over dinner after a walk in Stouffville (the point was to walk on the OR Moraine) and the boy got peeved that he hadn't gotten to read the wretched story. I told him he could read the next draft. So I guess I have two volunteer readers now.

And then, I was doing basically data entry on some markups I'd done on the printout (reorganized and tightened the opening a little bit) and my wordcount actually fell below 6000! 5998. It does want to be shorter. I thought so.

Best TW feedback ever

Over at the dayjob, SMEs are feverishly trying to get documents back to me all marked up, in preparation for the release that's supposed to happen the week I'm back from VP. Today's best comment: Unfortunately not true. SMEs, they're so cute.

What I read: August 2023

"The Absolute Book" by Elizabeth Knox. I got it for Christmas. It was delightful, even if maybe some stuff wasn't explained completely. Or maybe that's part of why it was delightful. "Crucial conversations" By Joseph Grenny and three other old white men. Another office book club selection. The word "candor" comes up a lot. I really resented this book. LHC #220: "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt. There was a girl at my previous company who wanted to have an office book club, and she had this book on her desk for months and months. I can totally understand this. I found portions crazy stressful to read. Like, I would be skipping ahead to see how much more in the section, could I get through it, pacing around, etc. I wanted to know how it ended, sure, but I was having weird stress dreams and stuff. If it wasn't a library book I might not have finished it at all. It was such a relief when Boris showed up again and something happened. I di

What I read: November 2023

LHC #228: "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline. Office book club selection. A quick read, a little rape-y but maybe I just found it that way because it's not my lived experience. The Toronto Public Library's website had some sort of hacking incident or something, which was great, because I can remember enough of my holds list to get the next few books, and I can't add new things to it! Considering that it was up to 94 books, this was a blessing. LHC #229: "Jade Legacy" by Fonda Lee. The easiest thing to remember, of course, is the sequels on the list. I think I wanted something that stuck more together, this seemed a little pulled apart, across time and space, at least for the first third. The middle was awesome, and I was glad I'd kept reading. About 75-76% I was bawling my eyes out. "Refuse to be Done" by Matt Bell. I bought it with some credits I had at Indigo and then read most of it on TTC rides to the office. This is where

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