Interesting evening. Thursday Group huddled round two fold-up tables in one of the side rooms, getting quite heated (in the sense: enthusiastic) in the business of discussing a children's story, a love scene (in the sense: physical) and the passage out of Thursday's Child in which Katie is reunited with her horse, Windfire. I like the group, and I like the way we wrangle over words, rhythm, emphasis. Like a group of would-be composers, perhaps, arguing over musical phrasing and whether it achieves its emotional impact. Good to be down in the engine room discussing the nuts and bolts (okay, you do the metaphors).
Rain just now, quite heavy. Drizzly rain while I was doing the chickens. Decided yesterday to be efficient and have my waterproofs in the car just in case it rained while I was out on the school run. Result: I'm in the house and my waterproofs are in the car. Lucky I haven't got more than one set of waterproofs, or they'd all migrate to the car. Think what that would do for petrol consumption. But yes, last night, good to be back together. Today: more transcribing, writing, intro-writing, think up a brief for the cover. No doubt I wortk best under pressure, but part of that is the enjoyable recurring fantasy about being better organised next time.
Rain just now, quite heavy. Drizzly rain while I was doing the chickens. Decided yesterday to be efficient and have my waterproofs in the car just in case it rained while I was out on the school run. Result: I'm in the house and my waterproofs are in the car. Lucky I haven't got more than one set of waterproofs, or they'd all migrate to the car. Think what that would do for petrol consumption. But yes, last night, good to be back together. Today: more transcribing, writing, intro-writing, think up a brief for the cover. No doubt I wortk best under pressure, but part of that is the enjoyable recurring fantasy about being better organised next time.