It’s a Furlough Friday here, and my morning chores are done, so I get to post today. And WRITE. I’m wicked excited. I’ve got my tea here, and my cozy red blanket, and my laptop.
I’ve been a good girl all week on my detox plan. Almost over the caffeine addiction – that was a personal hell. Passed up cookies, cake AND cheesecake. Felt like the entire world was conspiring to make me fall off the wagon almost daily – of course they weren’t, but HOW DARE THEY? (What do you mean I’m not the center of the universe?) Now here I am on day 5 feeling slightly more centered, and a few pounds lighter. Going to have a tough weekend though. We’re visiting friends and there will be JUNK FOOD and probably SWEETS. So I need to get myself a plan for getting through that and still having a good time.
On the writing front, I’ve worked a few nights this week on INTENDED revisions. It’s going well. Much easier than I thought it would be to make the changes I had in mind. I’m going to try to get through another section today.
Haven’t read much fiction lately – been kinda lost in the non-fiction realm – but I just picked up Maximum Ride while at the library with my kids. I’m intrigued. The tone reminds me of what I wanted INTENDED to feel like to the reader. The main character is a tough girl, and though I think from looking at the whole series, there’s a love interest that spans the novels, the books are clearly plotted separately. I’ve been a member of RWA for years, and I struggled with INTENDED because even though it was a romantic idea at first, it evolved into more of an urban fantasy where there was a lot more going on than HEA. I wasn’t sure the girl would get the guy. I wasn’t sure the guy wanted to be gotten. I wasn’t even sure if he was ever going to deserve her. In fact, all this was just one piece of a pretty complicated plot, and I wanted it to be woven seamlessly. I can’t wait to read MR to see how Patterson spins his tale, and I am hoping I like it as much as I think I will.
