Thursday, March 20, 2014

Two Views of My Novel

I found this rock on the first beach walk of my retreat, a sea-scoured nugget of quartz. It seemed to me a perfect metaphor for my first draft: a gem (or crystal, anyway) in the rough, all of its facets and inner beauty temporarily concealed. I probably won't polish the crystal, but I will polish the novel. (In fact, I've made good progress on a couple of thorny problems while down here.) So, here are two different views of my work in progress:


And while I ponder the book, here's the Landshark scanning the sea for signs of its marine brethren:


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1 Comments:

At 1:55 PM, Anonymous MaryA said...

...them underwater man-eatin' sea-trucks...

 

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