Remember I said I had too many irons in the fire? Did I take any heed of my own words? No. What did I do instead? I started another one. Yes, it’s official – I am nuts.
The problem with the other WIPs is that my heart just isn’t in them. I find that I see it as almost a job, not exactly a drudge, but a job that has to be done. Is that a good or a bad thing? I don’t know either.
So today I started ‘Long Lea’ as a Prequel to Simple Sarah. Since I already know what happens in the future, its fun to write. I got over 2K today and I feel good, energized again. ‘Airport’ is another one that is fun to do. I am getting into it more each day I work on it. Scholarly Ways is coming along nicely and in some ways I am chomping at the bit to write instead of plot. I am trying to stay a minimum of one plotted chapter ahead of a written chapter. It’s odd thinking in terms of chapters since this time that is what they really are. In all my others thus far, I seperate scenes by a centered ‘#’.
Tomorrow I MUST finish editing SS. I have done over a third of the 50 printed pages with only a few hundred more to go. WooHoo. I may even take my pencil and chair and paper and go sit outside. Yeah. Sounds good don’t it?
In Real Life, my niece (Kelli, almost 5) has decided to do karate after all. Her brother (Ryan, almost 9) is a year from his black belt so I guess watching him has got her more interested than she thought. She wanted to do ballet but Colleen wasn’t comfortable with the situation (you can’t be in with nor see your kid while they are at practice) and talked her into karate instead. IF Kelli has EDS, she shouldn’t do ballet anyhow. I got pics of them, of course, Ryan in his uniform and Kelli in her brand new one. And there is another page of Ryan climbing the walls, well, the doorway actually.
Not much else going on, thank goodness. I kinda like the peace and quiet. I had PT Mon. and Wed. of this week and Wed. and Fri. of next week so I have all these days in between. Ah. But I have a doc appt. on Tuesday afternoon so it all ends then I guess.