Sooley Base © is now arranged in four rough chapter groupings, 1 – 10, 11- 20, 21 – 30, and 31 – 40. A rough word count of the preliminary drafts came up with a count of 27, 260 words. This doesn’t account for the considerable effort needed to develop believable characters, move them to appropriate sections of the novel, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Developing believable interrelationships for these characters will be perhaps the biggest challenge. Sequencing the various related, but confrontational forces, organizations, and onlookers will also make that part of developing the story a real challenge. Additionally, numerous clips of background information needed to establish the various settings require rewriting to be suitable and fit in with the needed storyline flow.

As the most recent Blog posting noted, the RWG has Monday evening reading sessions at our local Borders ™ café. It was enlightening to again see the interplay of poetry, short stories, and Golden Gate ©, a novel. The RWG members themselves also are fascinating in their own right, providing ideas for characters … HMM!!!

Today’s chore is to again go through the novel and revise any segments where the RWG revisions suggested seem appropriate. A quick calculation as to the period required to completely go through Golden Gate © was made. There are monthly RWG meetings, and four monthly readings at Borders™ each month; each accommodates review of roughly three pages of the book. This means that every month roughly fifteen pages will be reviewed. This supports completing review of the book by years’ end. Hooray!

Our local Borders ™ is still alive and kicking, despite the corporate Chapter 11 Bankruptcy filing. Noticed that the layout as one enters the store is different. There is now a large, prominent e-book section. I grabbed one of the flyers announcing e-book offering and the electronic devices that are used for this up and coming method or reading. The flyers and advertising noted a free downloadable application (app). I just downloaded the app, along with some explanatory information. It should prove helpful in marketing The Tessera Trilogy © if I go with e-book format.