Day 1516: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

I didn't plan to work all day on the book, but I did, except for a little break to watch an hour of an old favorite, Close Encounters.  The film looks cheesy now because the special effects were so limited, but I still love the story.   It's a classic!

On the book front, I spent many hours cutting just over 600 words.  Perhaps I am not ruthless enough cause I deliberate and reword.  On Feb, 14, I had 124, 854 and now it's down to 110, 654.  There are eleven chapters left to edit again, so I should reach my goal of 100,000 words.  How ironic.  In January, I was writing to be extremely thorough, now I'm cutting redundancies and words that do not add value.

Tomorrow morning, the sweatshop reopens and we'll tackle Aida's cape and the ministers' coats.  Hopefully, we didn't screw up the coat bodices too much.  The next month will be extremely busy, but then we'll have a week with our son in sunny California!

Princess's throne

Pharaoh's throne

Thank goodness for Jeff Davis and his crew of craftsmen!