And Midas is king and he holds me so tight

Sometimes there's an up-side or two to taking eight years to finish a book. One is improved writing skills, of course, but another is soundtrack growth. Eight years ago this song wasn't around to be Liz's theme song.

And having listened to it about a dozen times today I will now sleep, since I have to wake up early tomorrow to go hiking at Lost Maples.

Desperate, deranged, talking in my sleep again

Today I went with the Partners in Climb to Lost Maples Park, where we hiked for many hours and somewhere around 8 miles. I would have photos, except my phone seems to have eaten them.

After that, I managed another scene, for 1149 revised words. Two more characters sang for their supper.

Dreams of Shreds & Tatters

5584 / 80000 words. 7% done!

I would actually NaNo this bastard, but I leave for Hawaii on the 14th, and I doubt much rewriting will happen there. We'll see how much I can get done around that week.

Having posted two other songs from the soundtrack, I think I'll make a habit of it. I certainly have more than enough songs to get through the rest of the month.