I continue to write daily and my novel is flowing from me. The trouble is that there isn't enough quiet time in the day, with no distractions.
I'm at the store today working a proposal for the update of the Culture Master Plan in Red Deer. I get about two solid hours in before the customers start coming in. I'm actually surprised to see anyone in the store on the holiday Monday, but it's fairly busy. So tonight I spent most of the evening working on it. Terry is wonderful and cooks a super meal for us again, so I can keep going. Tomorrow I will finish the draft and get it off to my partners in this project Donna Cardinal from Edmonton and Alan Taylor in London. We will make a great team. I think there is strength in of having someone on the ground here with the history and the experience, someone with no knowledge of Red Deer but with a vast knowledge of vibrant communities and organizational development, and someone with deep expereince in cultural planning.
The budget is sparse, but I think with our strengths we'll be able to stick to it and get it done in a timely and thorough manner. It is going to be fun to work with these two big brains. It is exciting for me to develop my career with a subject that I am so comfortable with.
Meanwhile, I want to finish this novel before the fall, or at least get it to the early draft stage, it is doable but the distractions are immense right now, with Swerve and with renovations at the store. I talked to Terry about going away for a couple of weeks this summer, but really when can I, with everything else happening. Probably one week is about all I'll be able to afford. I'll have to write double time then. He suggests the writer's retreat near Edmonton, I'm not sure. Charlie in Napa has invited me there too. It for sure would be quiet and perfect to work. I'm leaning that direction right now. It'll probably have to wait until August.
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