20 Chapters.

Taking Nicky is set at 20 chapters and just over 50K in words. I pulled an all-nighter and got it worked out. Went to bed at 7am and slept till after 1pm...but I'm glad I did it. I didn't hold back on anything. Having the heating pad on my neck helped me feel better.

Today, I'm letting it sit then I will go over the last two chapters to do my usual WTF was I thinking? nonsense. Change some bits. Intensify others. Add to the suspense. And make sure the Coda is clear and proper.

I'm sort of following the Oscars as the evening goes.Wish Delroy Lindo had won supporting actor and Ryan Coogler got director. Paul Thomas Anderson's always hit me as a bit pretentious and artsy-fartsy. Nothing wrong with that, but I just learned his film got Best Picture...and that feels wrong, to me.

I am glad for Michael B Jordan. Very glad. And at least Coogler got Original Screenplay, and Sinners won Cinematography...done by a woman of color, named Autumn Durald Arkapaw. That is great, because she's the first female and first person of color to win.

I used to watch the Oscars, almost religiously. I'd get a bag of Doritos, Frito bean dip, and a 2-litre bottle of Dr Pepper and that would last me the full 3.5 hours. But then I drifted away from going to movies. I left LA and didn't get to see many of the nominees, elsewhere. Now I don't even have a TV to watch it on. I just get posted updates and that's fine.

Oh, well...we all change as we get older...