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This is Why I Love Research
I received a comment from one of my wonderful critique partners today. She questioned part of my story, and rightly so. I hadn’t done enough research. Funny thing is, I love the research, so I got right on with it.
The storyline has two people with Down’s Syndrome planning to be married. But is that reasonable? I know of a couple locally that are married, and I assumed that marriage among adults with Down’s Syndrome was a regular occurrence.
I’m happy to report that after searching the internet, I found some of the most beautiful loves stories. My favorite is the story of Paul and Andrea. They were the first couple with Down’s Syndrome to marry in the UK. Check out their story.
Below is a trailer for the documentary, Monica and David.
Enjoy!
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What now?
A couple of weeks ago, I finished another first draft. That brings me to a total of three completed manuscripts. I wonder when I’ll get to this point and not feel lost for a few days.
So what’s next?
Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite.
Yep, it’s back at the edits. I’ll be fixing all those little glitches, typos, and oops I-could-do-better spots. I’m also putting together a proposal for an agent and ordering new business cards.
The new cards will have one of my new headshots taken by Marci at MarciB Photography.
Here are a few I’m considering. What do you think?
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New Adventure
Usually new adventure means something exciting and fresh. Not this time. The adventure I’ve been on for the last three days is better described as torture. Really torturous torture.I tried, with every ounce of my brain, to put together a website.
I’m a creative kind of thinker. I know that better now than ever. Writing and stories, they are my passion. Math and technical science, not so much. All that html, FTP, CMS; I don’t get it. It’s like dropping into an advanced math class with out learning how to add first.
So after three long days, I’ve stopped. No more staring at code and pouring over those how to for dummy books (apparently I’m a few levels below dummy in this arena), and no more waking up in the middle of the night to worry over this project. I’m done. My website will sit vacant until I hire someone with a computer brain to bring it to life.
Today I return to the world I love. I’ve missed three days of writing and I think taken five years off my life, but I’ve learned a valuable lesson: Let the experts do what the experts do.
Have a lovely, low-stress week,
Christina
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Jason’s Birthday
Yesterday marked the 39th birthday for my husband, Jason. We did the traditional thing. I made his favorite dinner, or at least the dinner he requested and we ended our evening with cake. This year was a little different. I ordered the cake from Jillicious Desserts. Oh my! Orange Dream cake is a very yummy experience. Not the kind of experience that helps you lose a few pound, but more like the kind that’s worth throwing the diet out the window for an evening.
Here is a picture of Jason taken a couple weeks ago, when the Bacho family came over. He’s always looking for a little competition, and found it in jumping random objects in the backyard.
