Gauthic Times #85 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or Wake Me When Sept–Ah, Forget It. I Have Covid

Hello, friends.

Five years. I was careful. I masked. My doctor suggested that I may not need a mask right now, though soon. One week of school and I have Covid.

I wish I was surprised.

I started feeling bad yesterday (Friday as I write this) and took a test this morning.

My family and I live in an apartment. A very open apartment. I have probably brought plague upon my family. I’m wearing a mask as I write this. In my home. It’s probably too late.

Anyway, that’s where I am right now. Shoulda-woulda-coulda. It’s my own damn fault.

So, let’s get into this week’s updates.

Welcome to the 85th installment of Gauthic Times, the newsletter about my writing, my life, and rock ‘n roll.

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Even though this was the first week back at school with students–and my new schedule and position has me walking nearly four miles a day–I forced myself to revise Project: Monster and finished it. At the end, I’d edited out around 31 pages, or 10,000 words. An author friend who read the book suggested I cut 50-100 pages. I’m impressed I cut 31.

Then, as I thought about it on the way to work one morning, I realized I could probably cut more. There are several POVs throughout the novel. Personally, I enjoy big novels with lots of POVs, so I tend to write that way. Part of the 31 pages I edited out was removing one character’s POV. The more I think about, the more I think that maybe we don’t really need more than the two main character’s POVs.

So, I’ll start with one character that I find kind of vile. He’ll still be in the novel because he’s important but his POV–which I was never comfortable with–will be removed. We’ll see how that goes.

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Also, paid-subscribers on Patreon get some thoughts on supporting T—p, especially educators who do so. A friend thought it was terrific but did say it could be controversial. Become a Patron and see if it should go into a future newsletter.

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My friend, Randy Lee Medeiros, has released a new album! His band, Red Reveal, released II this week. I was going to listen to it this weekend but with my head pounding from Covid, I have not. I will, though.

If you’re a fan of Metallica, Van Halen, or just good ol’ hard rock ‘n roll, Red Reveal is for you. Trust me. Randy and his crew have the goods!

I’m telling you, check it out and let him rock you into oblivion!

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