I sent the whole file, with chapters 1-4 in it, because I've made quite a few changes to chapters 1 and 2 (haven't looked at 3 again yet since last week). Most of them are changes we've talked about, but in case anything's confusing, I thought you all might like to know how I changed it.
Weather: I've ironed out the barefoot problem by making it early May--still a bit chilly at night, but trees are budding and flowers are starting to sprout up. Warm during the day. They live in an area with a late spring, so it won't be a full spring, more like late April here. Enough that farmers are starting to break ground for planting. But it's nice enough outside today that I wouldn't mind going barefoot, and if I were tougher, it wouldn't be a problem. I also changed the part in chapter two with the shoes so that now the cobbler's wife comes to their booth and tells them of the shoes from the sister.
Problems I foresee: I'm wondering if maybe I should have my characters have a little more aversion to the obvious witchcraft that's going on here, the spells and such. Guilt about it, or maybe Maggie asking Seonaid if she's a witch or something. But maybe I've set it up well enough that the use of spells/magic, etc. seems commonplace in this world. Can you tell me your thoughts on that when we talk?
Also, wondering about pacing--she's going to be off on her journey by the end of the next chapter. I have one more thing she has to do first, to convince her that she really must go. Is it taking too long to get her out on the journey, or is this working the way it's going?
