Wrote 12 pages of Book 8 today, which I was very pleased with! Although, actually, not all of them were entirely original -- books 7, 8 and 9 overlap in certain sections, and the scene I was working on today was one that also takes place in book 7, so I had to take specific bits of that - such as dialogue - and work them into the body of the new text. It was trickier than it sounds, since I didn't want the "new" scene to read exactly like the original, as that would be boring for readers, so I had to alter things while keeping the core from the Book 7 scene intact. Where it will really get fiddly is when I edit book 7 further down the line -- any changes I make to dialogue in that scene, I'll have to replicate when I come to book 8!!! I'll have to careful, because I know that if I make any mistakes, eagle-eyes Shansters will be baying for my head -- especially now that I've tipped them off about it in advance, so they know what to look for!!!!!!

Away from my PC I'm about halfway through series 3 of "Six Feet Under". I don't watch a lot of TV "live", but prefer to wait for a series to end. Then, when it comes out on DVD, I buy it and watch it at my own pace, normally getting through an episode a day. I liked "Six Feet Under" from the start, but didn't think the first series was as amazing as some of my friends did. One guy I know (Liam) said he thought it was the best TV show EVER!!! Conversely, I've come to enjoy it more as it progresses, while my friends who raved about the first series haven't enjoyed the later episodes to much -- Liam didn't even watch the third series!!

I've had a good listen to each of the 6 CDs on my jukebox by now (see earlier entries for a full list). I like them all, though I wouldn't say any were great. The Eels is a bit disappointing -- I thought all of his earlier albums were brilliant, or at least in patches, and while this one ("Shootenanny") is good, it doesn't measure up to his previous work -- or so says I!! The highlight of the bunch for me is the first song on the Magic Numbers album. The album itself is very good, but a bit too long, especially for a debut album. But the first song, "Mornings Eleven", truly is magic!!! It's the coolest song I've heard in a long time -- I break out into a big goofy smile every time it kicks in!!!!!