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Greek Mythology

Brush up on your myths! It might come in handy!! <3

NEW scenes added to Ch. 6 and 7!!

We arrived at Cyclops, still in our cold wet clothes from the snow fight. The wall facing the entrance was Emerald green and the orange stained ceiling lights hung low and dim. The coffee counter was to the far right of the building and included a larger seating area towards the back for people dining in. To the far left was the alcohol bar which also contained a room full of tables. During the day they often had a sliding wall that they could pull shut until it was time to start serving alcohol.  A bulletin board was posted in the entryway. A handful of bands had posted flyers for their shows but it was the ad for free psychic readings that mostly caught my attention. It was printed on white legal paper, Nouveau style banners bordered the page and curly font in the center read: Free Psychic Readings with Madame Vera, Thursday Nov 14^th between 1-4pm. I was a skeptic when it came to that sort of thing, yet I found myself intrigued.

Finishing 2nd round of edits

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In September, I plan on attending the annual Chicago Writer's Conference! I've known about it for a few years and I really wanted to go last year but couldn't swing it, so it has to be this year! It's Sept. 27-29th; Kathy should be joining me assuming she can find a sitter.   

Some of the speakers scheduled to appear include journalist, radio personality, and writer Rick Kogan, author Robert K. Elder, Write Club Overlord Ian Belknap, award-winning author Alex Shakar, and publishers Doug Seibold (Agate Publishing) and Jonathan Messinger (featherproof books). Full speaker schedule to be announced in July. --CWC homepage

Ch.4 Maxine Excerpt

Dominic's hand fell on my shoulder before I had the door even half way open. I turned just enough so that I could see him out of the corner of my eye. “I'm doing my best, but I can't always protect you if you're not with me.”

“Protect?” his choice of words caught me off guard. “We're both helping Alba, remember? I'm not exactly sure what you're implying.”

His dark eyes glistened as he blinked back his annoyance. The look in his dark eyes wasn't far from the worried one I had just seen in Gage's. “I don't understand it either,” was all he said before releasing my shoulder. His jaw seemed to tighten as he eyed me, just a few feet of emtpy air between us. I stood quietly for a moment, contemplating a reaction. Dominic seemed to be fighting back some reactions of his own. I noticed him part his mouth to speak, then quickly shut it a couple times as if an internal war was going on in his head and he was really struggling with picking a side. I could feel waves of pure frustration blaring off of him.

Ch. 5 edits have begun!

Motivation? Getting out of retail! lol.

I'm almost halfway through my 2nd round of edits, and Kathy is beginning round 1 of edits in chapter 4. :) Props to her for finding time to edit with a baby to take care of!
She'll probably re-edit after my second round, then as she finishes that I'll do a (hopefully) final read through to make sure it all works, still.

It's coming along great!