The boys hit the books again this week after a long summer break. This means that I'm spending what free time I have editing Witness Tree and very little time blogging.  I'm considering switching blogs anyway--to something other writers can comment on even they aren't members. 

I can't believe that's me that just wrote that.  I guess I needed a place expend the white noise more than I thought. How does one leave a blog? Does one post links and say goodbye?

  I played with the structure of WT this week, deleting flashbacks, moving them around, re-ordering the story in a linear fashion. It was wrong. And the absence of the flashbacks meant explaining and info dumping.   After all of that, I just put it all back the way I found it.  I was right the first time. The flashbacks belong and I had them in the right place.  I should trust my own instincts.  I did edit a couple of them pretty closely and I think that improves their punch some. 

This sprang from observing the exchange between writers in an online workshop concerning flashbacks.  I've concluded that as much as I enjoy socializing with other writers,  I won't be workshopping any of my novels.  Group think is bad for books.  I will show trust a couple of beta readers, but I otherwise it's between me and the (someday) agent and publishers.