So, I’m doing basically the final pass over the letters before I send them off to a beta reader, who will hopefully let me know if my explanatory additions & edits work. I’m also taking a crack at things like getting the names consistent—I don’t know if it is a good thing or a bad thing that my grandfather & I clearly shared an inability to spell or remember names, but I do feel a deep sense of connection with him on this front. Also he tends to list the bazillion things he is doing, and then complain that he’s getting no work done—because “work” = “surgery” to him. For better or for worse, I feel the same way about writing.

Anyway, today I did the introduction & most of Part 1.