BOMH update

Just finished typing up round one of edits on the novel manuscript. Have made some decisions about what sort of melodrama to introduce and how to contain it; much work remains to be done, but I think I see my way clear now to massaging this draft into a decent beta version.

Not sure how much opportunity I'll have to work on this over the coming week in Ottawa, but I think there is a very good chance I'll have a version I can send out to my agent by my birthday on July 21 (in hopes that mild sense of accomplishment at getting a biggish thing off my desk will fend off the tailspin effects of turning 40!). That's what I'm shooting for, anyway...