Dammit. Never read a crit first thing in the morning. I should have learned that by now. It’s not even a “bad” crit, but my reaction is, “I didn’t communicate what I was trying to say”, and that’s frustrating. The main character in “Testing the Waters” has poor social skills and is shy, but she’s not indecisive or hesitant. She’s bought a house, rides a scooter, has a basic job. She just doesn’t know how to deal with her peers because she spent her formative years on a diving board or with a tutor. But to one person, that wasn’t clear.

Right now the computers aren’t talking to each other, so I don’t know when I’ll be able to post entries. I’m sure the five people who read this will put their lives on hold until I return. [g]

So, dinner came out fabulously last night—the recipe is definitely a keeper. Easy, low in calories and fat, and quite tasty.

Afterwards, Amy came over and we sewed. I aaaaaalmost finished a fencing cloak! All I have to do is a few hand-sewn stitches, and then melt the ends of the cord and sew on the tippets. It’s been a long time since I’ve completed a sewing project (or even any project, it feels like) so that was nifty.

It took me about four hours of putting together all of the symptoms, but I’ve finally clued in that I have PMT. That explains a lot! So, no writing, but lots of cleaning, organising, e-mailing, crossing things off lists… And yes, after a break, re-reading the crits showed me that they weren’t bad at all. Some things need to be cleaned up; one plot point probably needs to change. I’m going to wait until I hear from a couple more people before I dive into the rewrite, though.