First of all, I am in need of an explanation. There is a large boulder in the backyard, part of the landscaping. It has moved.
How does a boulder this size move? (I should have someone else in the picture for comparison, but this thing is higher than my waist.)
Obviously an earthquake could move it, but none of the other rocks have shifted at all. So why did this boulder, after being in place for over two years, suddenly move?
Even more strange, there are animal droppings beside where the boulder used to be. (I could show that picture, but really, who wants to see that?) What kind of animal is big enough to move this size of a rock? More to the point: WHY? Why would an animal want to move the rock? Any ideas?
In other news, I finally finished my revision! Wahoo! I'd hoped to have it done a week ago, but with the start of school, birthdays, and anniversaries, I'm a bit behind where I wanted to be. I'm sending it out to a couple beta readers and then printing off a copy to read out loud to myself.
How about you? Where are you at in your writing? Anything exciting going on for you? Like mysteriously moving rocks?
How does a boulder this size move? (I should have someone else in the picture for comparison, but this thing is higher than my waist.)
Obviously an earthquake could move it, but none of the other rocks have shifted at all. So why did this boulder, after being in place for over two years, suddenly move?
Even more strange, there are animal droppings beside where the boulder used to be. (I could show that picture, but really, who wants to see that?) What kind of animal is big enough to move this size of a rock? More to the point: WHY? Why would an animal want to move the rock? Any ideas?
In other news, I finally finished my revision! Wahoo! I'd hoped to have it done a week ago, but with the start of school, birthdays, and anniversaries, I'm a bit behind where I wanted to be. I'm sending it out to a couple beta readers and then printing off a copy to read out loud to myself.
How about you? Where are you at in your writing? Anything exciting going on for you? Like mysteriously moving rocks?
No mysterious rocks and no finished revisions:( But, still plugging away!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your revision completion! Awesome...
My thoughts- those cows were making so much noise last night they created just the right frequency to move that rock:)
ReplyDeleteAnd yay for finishing your revision!
Emily--Plugging away is the only way I know to get through revisions, so yay! You're on the right track!
ReplyDeleteRobin--Maybe that was it. Or some other large and mysterious animal was so bothered by the noise that it smacked its head multiple times on the rock and then moved it. :)
Oooh, I think I sense a story in there about the moving rock.
ReplyDeleteAnd good luck with your revisions! I always love getting to that stage.
Elana--Yes, if only we could figure out what the story was! ;)
ReplyDeleteFirst off, woot, woot on the revisions! Second off, what the freak? That is a huge rock! Me thinks you have a possessed boulder...or something. Seriously intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI can only think an animal would want to move the rock to get bugs underneath it, but what animal could be capable of moving a rock that size, I don't know. Sounds like a great mystery.
ReplyDeleteTrudging through my rough draft of my next book. First drafts are torture. So excited to read your book!
Leisha--I know! Isn't it weird! We're all so baffled by it.
ReplyDeleteLiesl--We're opposites! I actually enjoy first drafts and it's the revising that feels like torture to me. I'm glad to have the end of the revisions in sight so I can start something new!
Thanks for posting on my blog. I'm giving away the book you posted about.
ReplyDeletehttp://boystobooks.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-giveaway-wolf-mark-by-joseph.html
Be sure to come by and enter. It's a great YA book for boys. So hard to find but I think you'll like it as well.
Trudy--Thanks! I'll have to check the contest out. Have a great day!
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