Today's Quote:  (Hector, speaking to his brother Paris)  "You miserable disgrace, most handsome of men but woman-crazed, a seducer, a selfish fool, I wish you had never been born or had died unmarried." --from The Iliad, by Homer  (Hector's insults in this book are CLASSIC)

Synonym alliteration du jour:  mob: masses, multitude

So today I've started another read-through of Painted Boots (my forty-third, by my count), as Createspace allows a final manuscript upload before I sign off.  This gives me three weeks to do nothing but proof, proof and proof again.  I know the story so well that I decided I could read the words backwards as smoothly as I can read them forward.  I tried it and MAN.  It doesn't make sense, but yeah, the words do flow . . . .

My distraction tonight is Etsy.  My store opens in two weeks and is called:  Aspen B loves Kyle T.  It's not exactly obvious to anyone right now but me, but the store is inspired by Painted Boots and Aspen, a girl into all things vintage.  The store has so many cool 'Aspen' things ... vases and mugs inscribed with Kyle's lyrics, vintage jewelry, cards made from pressed bleeding hearts, retro Wyoming postcards, watercolors of Devil's Tower.  It's a sneak-peek into Aspen's world and by default, into my own.  I'll post a few pics of the upcoming treasures soon!

Today's cover copy comes from Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth.  An incredible book--and a worthwhile mini-series on Netflix.  (And I'm not one to recommend TV...)  "The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known ... of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect--a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother."

Even if you don't like historical fiction, you'll love Pillars.  It is Ken Follett's masterpiece; a saga, and beautifully written.