restoring lost data

Alas, the rewrite did not come out as well as the original, but at least I already knew what had to happen, so at least it went faster. I'm on chapter 17 now. Writing a book is hard! But I know I'm immersed in this, which is good. I keep checking out library books but I find myself bringing them back because I haven't gotten to them before the due date. Early in a draft I can read a lot, and during revisions I find it really helpful to read en masse, but when I'm this deep in and I'm trying to bring all the threads to fruition, I find I need all the head room I can get to hold this one story.

Besides, it's chilly and rainy today, which makes for a good writing day. It's a good thing yesterday was sunny, and I was distracted with other things. I didn't have much data to lose.

Okay. Back to work!