Daily Thoughts 9/2/2010 (The Defector, Libraries )

Chimmie Fadden, Major Max 1911, From New York Public Library Digital Gallery

Daily Thoughts 9/2/2010

The ability to upload photographs was a bit buggy this morning, so I embedded a picture from the New York Public Library Digital Gallery.




I have been reading some more of The Defector by Daniel Silva. It is quite enjoyable.  It is not that action oriented.  There is quite a bit of thinking in the novel.  The main character, Gabriel Allon,  is tracing the steps of a russian agent who defected to england and recently disappeared.  It has a steady pace with very nice details. The villain is quite plausible. 




I walked up to my local library on the way to get some fruit from the market and found it was closed.  Their hours are 1-8 today.   I'll probably stop by tomorrow.  I have a few days off and am in no hurry.

This Week in Writing

So, it's been a pretty cool week so far.

I worked on editing Father's Day cards most at the day job (must find more ways to show appreciation for dads).

Then I finished Catching Fire and started Mockingjay (soooooo good).

I signed up for two online writing classes. A query workshop with C.J. Redwine and a freelance writing workshop with Nicole Lamarco. Both look like they're going to be very helpful.

And, on Sunday night, I got a request for my full manuscript from an agent! Yay!

-- Lisa