This is a post to track Tom's entries on writing the new book:
+ The great sorting on the book
+ Still sorting ...
+ I've started writing the book
+ Getting better all the time . . .
+ I'm feeling about as low as one can in this cruel world ...
+ Done for today
+ Back in the saddle ...
+ 4 done, 10 to go
+ Chapter 5 in works
+ Chapter 5 still . . . working
+ Joy and suffering
+ Feeling five-by-five
+ Achieving the near brain-dead experience
+ Still chugging, but oh so close on 5
+ A quick 2k to end the WWI-WWII section
+ My Grendel is dead!
+ The next chapter planned
+ Oops! Day just got tougher!
+ Chapter 6 and Part II are now in the box
+ I stuck in my thumb, and pulled out a short introduction to Part III
+ Deep into Chapter Seven (Economic Realignment)
+ Deeper still into Chapter 7
+ Gave one interview, deeper into Chapter 7
+ Chapter 7 done and in the box
+ Chapter 8 mostly done
+ Chapter 8 finished
+ Chapter 9 started
+ Chapter 9, air conditioned
+ Chapter 9 almost finished
+ Chapter Nine finished
+ Chapter 10 begun
+ A most disciplined day of writing
+ Thickening and thinning
+ Chapter 10 in the box
+ Chapter 11, the last of the realignment chapters, is begun
+ Chapter 11, deeper in
+ Chapter 11, extended as predicted
+ Recasting Chapter 11 somewhat
+ Chapter 11, one more brick in the wall
+ Low wattage