Reading

 I don't usually read a lot of fiction when I'm working on a book.  I start reading something, but it makes me think of something I'm working on and I put the book down.  So when I bought the new Dan Brown book SECRETS OF SECRETS, I thought I probably wouldn't get past the first few pages I read while sitting on a very comfortable couch for sale at Costco.  Was I wrong!  I know the short chapters and the way he leaves constant cliff hangars is manipulative, but it is also super entertaining and makes the book hard to put down.  I'm half way through the over 600 pages and had to force myself to set it aside while I take care of things.  

At the same time I came across an autobiography of a young woman who has Down syndrome and is a model an actress.  Writing about Toby has made me interested in learning about people with Down Syndrome both for the books and for my own curiosity.  The book is on my phone unlike the Dan Brown tomb which is a heavy hard-cover paper book.  So, when I was waiting for my husband to come out of another medical appointment, I started reading the autobiography.   The key thing that popped out right away is that people with Down syndrome are all different.  The one thing they seem to have in common is a happy expression.

I'm still waiting on the edits for SCONED TO DEATH.  Until I see the comments, I always have a lot of bad what ifs going through my mind.  Meanwhile Casey and Dane have already surprised me in the next Yarn Retreat book.  I was working in long hand and it was like they grabbed hold of my pen. I got side-tracked when I looked online for samples of the Chanel suits so I could describe what  Cora Delacorte was wearing.  All the suits shown were for sale and used and cost thousands of dollars.  Cora's would have been bought new and I decided on a pink tweedy one that would go nicely with her usual green eye shadow.

And now to take a little break and read some more of those short chapters.