Thursday, June 12, 2008

CSI the miniature killer

I told the Woman last year that she should be watching CSI (Las Vegas) to see the episodes about the miniature killer. So I bought the season and we've been watching them together, a couple each night. It was sort of frustrating, though, to find the list of episodes about the miniature killer. So...even though I don't know if my blog is open to everyone, I'm going to make a list of the episodes so geeks like me can have access to them.

CSI season seven
Episode 1 "Built to Kill, Part 1"
Episode 2 "Built to Kill, Part 2"
Episode 7 "Post Mortem"
Episode 10 "Loco Motives"
Episode 16 "Monster in the Box"
Episode 20 "Lab Rats"
Episode 24 "Living Doll"

CSI season eight
Episode 1 "Dead Doll"

We just finished "Monster in the Box" where Dell has killed himself and the CSI's have tracked down his son. Very intense. WOman is seeming to love it. Except the really gross stuff.

Sunday, June 01, 2008

The Way the Wind Blows, Draft 7

I finally sent The Way the Wind Blows to John Cusick. I looked up his name on line so I wouldn't spell it wrong. I mailed it on Friday, May 23, and it was supposed to get there on Tuesday this past week. I hope to hear from them soon that they got it, but I am leaving a few months of time before I expect that they will be finished looking at it.

I think the new changes are good. I feel much better about the conflicts between the three boys, and I think the elements with Sid's father are much better.

Nicole was a huge help. I emailed her the copy when I emailed it to the Yams, and she read it in about a day or so and had feedback for me on all the chapters. It was super cool. Mara did a similar thing. Both of them were such a big help in getting this last draft together.

I still have yet to get any feedback from any of the Yams. Laurel couldn't open her document I sent her, so she didn't read it. Mary started it, but I realized she had the draft before NIcole and Mara fixed things, so it was really a pointless read of the first few chapters. I gave her a new copy.

Anyway, I have my fingers crossed that this draft will impress JOhn Cusick enough that he will pursue a publisher for me, and the publisher will want it. I don't care if I need to do more revision; I really would like to see my work in print in the next couple years.