I've been a bit off my game the past week or so for various reasons (Magin having bronchitis as well as coming to fully appreciate the unlimited Netflix "Watch Instantly" option along with discovering an unexpected appreciation for "Friday Night Lights"). However, with the weather warming up (at least temporarily), I'm feeling more focused.

The short update is that I'm up to 79 pages. The more important question is whether I'll finish the rest of chapter two this week, so that I can move onto chapter three in February. I'm hopeful. Stay tuned.

I should qualify that my first draft of chapter two is an even rougher first draft than my 'first draft' of chapter one. There is, nonetheless, a marked improvement from a zero draft (a stack of photocopied pages and notes in manila folders) to a first draft. There remains editing to do and connections to be drawn, but the first draft is a major step.