It's been a rather bizarre week. I'm a little stuck on Book 3 of 888-555-HEROES. When that happens, it means Subconscious is working on something in the background that will click together when she's damn good and ready.
The story already took a turn I wasn't expecting, but that is usually a good thing. I like it when Subconscious surprises even me. It means (hopefully *fingers crossed*) that the story will surprise the reader as well.
In the meantime, I do what I usually do--jump back to another project. I started writing A Touch of Mother, which will be the fourth novel in the Justice series. The opening of the first scene was a little mushy for a Justice novel, so I scrapped the original 300+ words and started over. Yes, folks, you CAN do that.
But it also shows how much further along Subconscious is in the writing process than I realized. In the first version of AToM, I knew the wardens weren't letting the clergy out of their sight for a moment. This was long before I wrote the reason WHY in A Modicum of Truth.
Funny how the mind works sometimes.
Today, I'm back working on A Matter of Death. There's more than a few things that need to be ironed out before I continue on with Book 4.
The goal of course is to have a book out every month for the first eight months of 2019. Keeping my toes crossed that nothing else untoward happens for the next year!
I’ll be teaching at Wayward Wormhole in Barbados in 2026
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6 hours ago
My subconscious is usually a better writer than I am. [nod] It's generally a good idea to let it have its head, as it were.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck!
Angie
Yep, all I can do is go along for the ride!
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