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Patriot Act Hits Close to Home (2)
In the previous Jungle Beat, I reported the narrow defeat of the Freedom to Read Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, State (CJS Appropriations Bill. The amendment would have barred the Justice Department from using money appropriated under the (CJS bill to search bookstore and library records under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. If you think that as women's fiction writers, we're immune from scrutiny under the Patriot Act, think again. Last fall, the home of a multi-published author for an RWA-recognized publisher was raided and her writing in materials confiscated. The writer, an RWA and PAN member who asked to be referred to as Dilyn, agreed to he interviewed for this column to alert RWA members of potential risks when conducting research.

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Two steps forward...

Project: Crystal Dragon
New Words Written: 1178
Previous Words Ditched: 250
Total Words: 25,523
Goal: 120,000+/-

Took a slight wrong turn yesterday, among other things inventing a character I didn't need to do something I did need. Already had a Perfectly Good Character in place to perform the necessary action, and having him do it increases Tension (yaaaay, Tension!). Today's bit puts me a couple pages past the 100 mark, where things traditionally start to fall into place more quickly. (Ahem. Are you listening, Writing Brain?) I could use this story moving a little faster. In case anybody cares.
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Cool, gray day, with rain sprinkles. The cats are curled in various warm places -- Mozart in an untidy curl on his rocker in my office; Scrabble in a comma against the baseboard unit next to the file cabinet; Max! in kinzel's room cuddled up next to the Big Printer; Patia stretched out on the bed.

I'm working on a cold -- been headachy and sniffly all day. Think I'll fix myself a cup of tea, put something soothing in the CD player and curl up on the couch with grandma's african...