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Wind/Water/Salt  Chapters 31-51:  Need to take up comments and revise.  Synopsis:  Maybe I should post it for comments.  Persephone  (probably not its real name): Wrote more into the ending and somehow crossed 100K words. I realized one day that it all has to happen close together, and that the wedding has to be nearer the end than I thought, or none of it makes sense. I guess that's something someone who reads a lot of proper romance would know.  Short Stories:  Outlined one, edited two, finished nothing. I did make a bunch of checklist items to progress things though.    Critted  7  Got back   0 because I didn't post anything.  Submissions  0  Out there  0  Rejects  0 Knitting Penzance Mittens.  Finished.  Anna Maria (Faroe Island Knits). Bottom ribbing (in the car). Started the color portion, loving it.  Knitloops (Knitty SS2021). Started the first one. I'll probably make six (three pairs). Nice pattern, will make great gifts. 

LHC #127: "The Bonjour Effect" by Julie Barlow & Jean-Benoit Nadeau. This probably wound up on the list because one of my main characters in Persephone speaks French and not English, and I spend a lot of time on Duolingo. I didn't really enjoy this book. It made me feel icky. I think it was the whole "we" thing and then the authors referring to one or the other of them in third-person, which sort of reminded me of "The New Basics Cookbook" from the 80s.  There's also the problem of the inclusive vs. exclusive We (which I read about on Lingthusiasm a little while ago).  LHC #128: "The Screaming Staircase" by Jonathan Stroud.  Hard copy. I loved the Bartimaeus books. It took me about a day to read, very fun. LHC #129: "The Little White Horse" by Elizabeth Goudge. Hard copy. Maybe because of Terri Windling? It was sort of ridiculous, in a 1940's way.  LHC #130: "A Conspiracy of Truths" by Alexandra Rowland.  eBoo