BLOG POST 180

Tessera Trilogy Blog Post 180

Process –  Progress as determined by page count, word count and percent stands as follows: total page count went up to 217; total word count down to 99.7 K, and percent went down to 73.0 percent.

Met a Local Author in the Lobby at Salem Church branch of CRRL. I found it unusual that she had her book for sale, but the poster advertising her book used a photo of her husband.

On the glitter that is so distracting … Bought a total of $12.00 worth of POWERBALL lottery tickets, hoping for some portion of the 1.5 billion dollar payout … since the stock market has been tanking recently. No joy! (That’s Navy slang for no success.)

BAM 01 February 2016 critique comments

BAM member –

1.      Good, better, but lacks real connection to these other people – agree, they’re throwaway characters

2.      Minor editorial changes – agree and disagree.

3.      Yeah! Tooley’s back, pulls me in - thanks

BAM member –

1.       Minor editorial changes – agree, working

2.      Glad to see Israelis there - thanks

3.      Use of terminology makes it hard to read – disagree, required by genre

4.      Nicely done, a lot more comprehensive - thanks

BAM member –

1.      Questioned relevance of hours to thirty minutes – agree, working

2.      Questioned reason for WEAPONS TIGHT – given, sub-munitions fell on village

3.      Good description of geo-political setting, but neutral view (no good or bad guys identified) – thanks, that’s what I was hoping to portray

BAM member –

1.      Better to read – thanks

2.      Commentary more interesting as dialogue – thanks, working

3.      No written comments

BAM member –

1.      First section on missile launch preps too long, detailed - agree, working 

2.      Suggested changing canopy to ??? – agree, to cockpit

BAM member –

1.      Good, action packed - thanks

2.      Questioned reason for WEAPONS TIGHT – given, sub-munitions fell on village

3.      Anxious to see about what happens with CNN - thanks