iTunes 8

I like new software, and today I downloaded iTunes 8. The reason I mention this is because it's typical of the delaying tactics I engage in before actually writing the, uh, y'know, novel. I am very disappointed that Google Chrome, the new browser designed by Google (the clue's in the title) is only available for PCs. I use a Mac. Writing a blog, that's another delayer.

While we're on the subject of, uh, writing the novel, most recently, I have made a quick guide to each chapter in the form of a mini-book. Six chapters to a page of A4, the main plot points outlined for each chapter, so I can look at them all at once. I used this process when writing Martin Martin, and it was quite an important part of getting the novel into shape and finishing it. I could plug gaps, look for flow and logic. Among the many challenges in writing a novel is simply coralling the large amount of information that you produce. People with brains more efficient than mine may be able to do this without the use of these aids, but I can't.

Plot-wise, Jefferson and Alma's relationship is deepening on a bench in Central Park.

The exhibition plan continues: I have drafted an application to the Arts Council and I am meeting with Stuart at NAC tomorrow to go through the budget and make it work.