Edited some more of Book 3 of "The Demonata". It's going well -- making plenty of little adjustments, none essential or overly noitceable, but taken together they should make the book read a little bit smoother. I always try to fine-tune my books, paying attention to the smallest of details. The little things which readers might not even notice consciously are what sometimes make or break a book. To give one VERY small example from book 3 -- there's a scene quite late in a book which mentions a hat shop, but I'd never bothered to highlight the shop earlier in the book, since it wasn't especially important and I didn't want to shoe-horn it into the book and interrupt the action; but this time, with that very minor point in mind, I spotted the perfect place to refer to it, so that when it's mentioned later, readers will recall it. As I said, it's a very little thing, but, as the old saying goes, the devil's in the detail -- and I do like my devils!!!!

Went for a walk with Bas this afternoon. I try to fit in a walk every day when I'm at home, though I don't always manage. Usually I go on a 45 minutes or 60 minutes circuit. It's my only real exercise, and my only chance most days to clear my head after hours at the PC and watching TV and movies. Today we picked some blackberries while we were walking. One of Bas's friends is coming to stay with us for a few days, and Bas wanted to have blackberries for dessert. She's going to make a blackberry-and-apple pie later in the year -- YUM!!!!! I really enjoyed picking the berries. Autumn's probably my favourite season, full of colour, fallen leaves, conkers (horse chestnuts) and berries galore!!! It's a great time of the year to go walking, especially if you get a nice clearish day, which we did today. Picking berries is a little thing, too -- but sometimes the little things are what put the biggest smile on your face and make life memorable.

Right -- enough mushy guff!!!!! I'm going to scan in some reader's art before Bas and her friend get back from the airport. I don't know how long it's been since I uploaded any new fan art -- maybe a year? Possibly a bit less or more? Whatever, it's long overdue!!!!!