I’ve read bits and pieces of lots of books over the past month. I’m searching for the ways that other writers have solved problems like Point of View in a story, multiple characters in a scene (something I find terribly difficult), and how to provide necessary information to understand a story without either placing a flashing red light over it OR burying it in overwhelming or possibly irrelevant detail.

I finished a story, tentatively called, Experiments at Saint Cyril’s, and put it away to rest for a week or two. I thought I would be done in October and it took until the middle of March. Whatever! The biggest problem with the story is that it was originally conceived in two parts and separating those parts into two coherent stories turned out to be challenging. The problems in the book also weren’t obvious, until I thought I should be ending the first book. Oh, well. I’ve talked to an artist about the cover. Some people are reading or not reading it (which is an indicator itself that there’s a problem) and I’ve started book two.

The smallest problem I’ve faced with both books is that their original titles in my head are useless. Book One: The Science Fair Murder. Nope. Can’t call it that because people will be expecting a murder mystery and that’s not what it is. Book Two: The Mysterious Mrs. McLaren. There’s a show out with a similar title but a totally different story, so this also has to go. I’ve written about 2000 words of this story, noted six important scenes, and gotten totally stuck on Point of View.

I sewed the front and back of The Vestment together. When the lining goes in it will create a proper neckline. I’ve been experimenting with sewing the silk material. It’s … different.

I’m reading a book about science and faith and trying to remember all that I wrote about Galileo once. An art historian I know told me back then that the medievals considered Mary the First Scientist because she was the first to show us God’s image in the world. This idea of medieval science is not included in the book. I’m … thinking … about what to say.