I'm still really unsure about the role of the critique group in my writing life... but I'm going to go to the Odyssey critique group on Saturday morning. I'm considering -- just considering! -- taking part in the novel critique section, which would require both a lot of reading and a lot of writing over the next few months. This could be biting off more than I can chew, but I tend to do more the more that is required of me, so ... I dunno. I'm so decisive.

All I know is in six months I will either have this novel finished or I won't. Mark your calendars. November 3.