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I had workmen on both sides of my office today. Pounding hammers, breaking brick, drills, and other tools I could not identify merely by sound. Because I tried not to look out at it all, but to work and not to concentrate on the work going on outside. The work going on outside on either side of my office, just under the windows. If the writing is going well, you could put a brass band outside my windows and I wouldn’t care. I might not even hear it, but on a day when the writing isn’t flowing so smoothly, well, everything distracts. Noises, temperatures, things moving outside, anything and everything bothers me. Today was not a good day for concentrating on the writing. It was not a good day for page counts, or prodcutivity. Jon and I did finish up the colors for the comic, and I sent the lettering off once and for all. Howard Taylor, of Schlock Mercenary fame, raised the question, "What did I mean by lettering?"

Answer: Some phrases that worked in the novel do not work so well in the comic. Other times the comic visuals need more caption, or less, or just different from the book. The physical laying on of the lettering is done by our letter-er (is that a word?) but for adding new phrases, or rewriting bits from the early books that’s a me job usually. Our very fine script adaptor, Jess, tries her best to stay very close to the books, which makes us all happy, but sometimes when the script meets the visual it just needs tweeking, so I tweek it. It’s small things usually, but just another part of the service I offer in the on-going effort to do the best I can. Control freak, trust issues, perfectionist, who me?

Jon did yoga today, one of the things my doc has not cleared me for, but Jon found it a little difficult. Yoga is about centering and peaceful and almost meditating with your body.  All those things are hard to do when bits of brick and mortar are hitting the windows just above your head, or when the drill starts going just as you strive for that tree pose. So, an interesting day for both of us.