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Just typed END on the revi­sion of THE NOVEL FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOUND FOR GLORY, now titled PEOPLES’ SONG. One more copy-editing pass, and it’s out the door. A friend has given me a refer­ral to an agent, so we’ll start there and see how it pans out. I have a good feel­ing about this draft. …

So, tagged me. These are my favorite PG rated ana­grams. Some of them were down­right obscene, which you can check out your­self if you want to ana­gram “thun­der­chikin” at http://www.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/cgi-bin/anagram.cgi . KITCHEN HID URN CRUD HEN HIT KIN HECK RID HIT NUN INDICT HER HUNK HICK DITHER NUN I tag any­body who men­tioned Opry­land in …

I’m 123 pages into the revi­sion, and it’s going pretty well. I know I’ll have to do another pass to remove some of the mono­logue I’m adding because it will be repet­i­tive in places. After that, I’ll do a copy-editing pass and be done. The next big ques­tion is, what will I do with it when …

Is it a bad sign when you keep nod­ding off while read­ing your revi­sons aloud to your­self? Am I the only who does this?

After much pro­cras­ti­na­tion, the rewrite of BOUND FOR GLORY/GLORY BOUND/DEVILS AND DUST has begun. Armed with the sug­ges­tions of seven top-flight edi­tors (i.e. the folks who rejected it the first time around), I’ve decided on a course of action to make a char­ac­ter more like­able, events more plau­si­ble, ghosts more accept­able, and reunions more real­is­tic. …

1. Opry­land. Been there, done that, regret­ted it both times. The pho­tos of the place don’t do it jus­tice. Think: Jeff Fox­wor­thy and Larry the Cable Guy Build a Hotel. “Hey, let’s add on the to ho-tel and slap a roof on it and how about we run us a creek through and stock it …