Been awhile since I sat down and wrote, as carnivals and other things have taken my time away. The setting seems idyllic except for a nagging suspicion that Dan has when he sees Atkins watching “Buddy” (Lou). Just realized Samuel is out of the picture completely in this section, but that may just be the way it is – he’ll probably find someplace to snooze.
At 49,816, about 900 words per hour.
Also started to fashion a mechanism for puppets/automata to allow for eyes not only to move left and right, but orbit around, too. A real off the cuff video can be seen at https://plus.google.com/115933060867614274453/posts/1x2stGymCKz
Also finished the how-to for scrimshaw that is an exclusive to the newsletter readers at scrimshaw.com.