Marginalia (2)

A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan next week.
what GSP would have said to GBM

Via the library, I found a reference work that is
likely to help both my novel-length writing projects:

_Everyday Life During the Civil War: a guide for writers,
students and historians_, by Michael J. Varhola.

Unfortunately, once again, someone has used a black pen to
correct certain facts in the book.

Sadly, some of the Amazon reviews bear out that this may be
necessary -- and necessary for more than one section.

The kicker?

This was a book put out by *Writer's Digest*.

I expected better from a group which presents itself as
professional and authoritative. Color me blue and gray
with disappointment.

Nonetheless, it holds enough "intrinsic value" for what
I want to do that I am getting a copy. It's out of print,
but I lucked out on eBay.

I just hope I can hang onto the library copy long enough
to verify and transfer any already-determined corrections.

(No, please, don't get me started on Wikipedia -- either ranting or revising.)

I have a revised Preface and half of Chapter 0.
My main Mac books are getting highlighted
to high heaven, and as "light research reading" I have
crossed the Cross Timbers with one Randolph Marcy and
returned to "civilization" -- circa 1850.

(Sometimes, civilization is overrated. But not when it
involves pizza, a working laptop, and a hot shower.)

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
what Napoleon B didn't have to say to Robert E