Day 1034: Book reviewing

So far this week, I've read twelve chapters of my book and thus far I'm very pleased.  I was worried that the voice and style of the chapters might be inconsistent since I have written them over several years.  I discovered just a few repeated anecdotes that must be edited.  Plus, I have overused "we" so I must go through and replace some of the pronouns with proper nouns.   Some sections read more like lists than exposition or narrative and that must be addressed, too.   Also, it would be helpful to include a few new speakers so that I don't repeat the same insightful student or adult leaders.

It's smooth, informative and engaging, or at least I think it is.  I need readers.  I've decided to work on the chapters that need the least work first so that I can distribute them and get some feed back.  Then I'll move on to the more challenging chapters.   I plan to make three copies and ask friends to read it straight through and make comments right on the manuscript.

We broke our monthly walking record today.  We added 3.2 so we're at 91.9 miles for the month.  I don't know if we'll be able to get out much tomorrow since we'll be at school all day to speak with the eighth graders, but I certainly can't let that .9 dangle!

Late snaps

Second crops of lettuce, dill and cilantro.  Will they survive the freeze?

Baby beans!