Truly.
Tons of stuff going on - but none of it is terribly interesting. I had the profound luck to catch serial versions of the flu/bronchitis with a trip to Disney World in the middle. October through January was one long bout of ugh. Then, February 1, I had surgery on my right wrist for DeQuervain's tendonitis. It's been a long recovery process and I'm really just able to start typing on a regular basis.
My post for today is short, but I wanted to mention the current state of my project.
I blew it up.
Yup. In the past when I heard this bit o' wisdom, I was a scoffer. "Scoff. Scoff," I would say. The advice goes something like this: "Keep yer durn mouth shut." I may be paraphrasing.
I have been guilty of getting just a little too excited about my various plots. Well, excited and insecure (it's not a good combo). So I'd reach out to several different people and lay out all my big plot points including the "OHMYGOD" twist and finale.
And that may very well be why I have eight separate first chapters and not much else to show.
I managed to make a little tweak to the outline in order to fix a logic problem. In the process, I just unraveled the whole thing and am starting from scratch. I'll be sharing progress, but no plot elements - not even The Sentence. I will say that everything on the poster is still intact.
The poster is a piece of art I designed and had commissioned to serve as inspiration. The tape wouldn't stay stuck to the wall, so it's been rolled up on a bookcase for 6 months. Kinda says it all, doesn't it?
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Now that I think about it, I don't talk about my writing to anyone but Jim - and he has to drag it out of me. Perhaps that's your influence?
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