Revising Chant - II

Yesterday was for my nephew--seven years old, and in desperate need of a vacation from his three-year-old brother.  Though the later part of the afternoon was spent waiting on the air conditioning repair guy (for the second time in two days!), we had a wonderful time.  We visited a little local model train museum, played with his trains, and messed around in the garden.  He and the dogs ran joyful laps around the house last night and this morning.  We even had ice cream sundaes at the Cow Palace.  (Yes, it's rural Indiana.)

My sis and I often joke that we got each other's children.  My son is so much like her in temperament; her eldest son is so much like me.  While we call each other for advice on how to handle our boys, we also are learning about and coming to understand each other.  Cool family stuff, that.

Today, revisions.

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There are times when we want the readers to wonder, when we want them to keep casting glances over their shoulder to see if that minor character is coming along or not.  But doing so accidentally will just annoy them.  And if I'm going to annoy readers, I want to do it on purpose.

In other news...  Six weeks until Dev leaves for Law Enforcement Camp, giving me an entire five days with no one to worry about but myself.  And only seven weeks until Karate Camp--field day for grown-ups!