La Vie Boheme

Breakthrough or distraction?

So last night at Write Club (which was really much more talking than writing--but that's not a bad thing), not only did I manage to bull my way past my block on "In the Pines", but I had a sort of brain flash about Sword and the Mound, my abandoned 25,000 word chunk of romance novel. I think I see a way to rework it so that writing it doesn't make me crazy, and even a way to give it a satisfying ending, which was the biggest problem before. In fact, thanks to Mer's suggestion, I ADORE the ending I see in my mind.

But, that said, I already gave myself to the end of this week to wrap up "In the Pines" before vowing to throw myself back into the Exile's Daughter rewrite. Is this sudden flash on Sword yet another attempt by my brain to derail the first rewrite? Maybe. Maybe. Julie offered to steal my notes on Sword, but that probably wouldn't deter me from working on it. Mer suggested making sure Exile gets as much attention as Sword if I try both. I'm not sure what to do.

Well no, I am sure what to do. I need to finish this blasted story before I do anything else. And then I need to get Exile into shape so I can start seriously pursuing an agent. I wonder if I'm putting it off because I'm nervous about the whole agent-hunting scenario? This is a definite possibility.

Now it's time to stop procrastinating with blog entries and get to work.