It Endeth Never

Rewrite number six is halfway done. Whilst I was in Lubbock for 12 days for my father's brain surgery, I began a sixth major revision of Mindy Lightbearer. I am at chapter eighteen. Some chapters have remained pretty much intact, with a few minor revisions, some editing, and lots of adverbs and unnecessary things being removed. I fiddled a lot with the first page again. I have never been satisfied with the first few paragraphs of the novel. Finally, I think I am mostly okay with them. Major story revisions are coming in this sixth draft toward the end. A minor character is being systematically removed, and another character put in his place during the climax. As a result of these changes, the ending of the novel will, I hope, feel more complete and satisfying. Also, the exploding doorknob has received several new spell effects and a DoT, though I lowered the damage bonus coefficient due to the reduced casting time.