Sep 18, 2016

Hey everyone,

Been a while. Sorry about that. Between home ownership and day job, it’s been a bit of a busy life of late.

I also had a spot of writer’s block there for a while. There are those who’ll tell you that writer’s block doesn’t exist, that the answer is simply to "butt in chair, hands on keyboard" your way through. I don’t know that that’s always the answer, but it’s no worse than "butt in chair, thumbs on phone", which is often the temptation these days.

Neither, however, solved my particular bout of block. I had to nibble on the next bit for a while, figure out what that missing idea was, worry at the edges of the shape of the book as a whole, and generally go back and understand where the story is and where it needs to go next.  That can be pretty difficult at times, but in this case it worked nicely. I realized that I hadn’t really sorted out an important event, and in sorting that out I saw the way through this one.

So now Marrell has a new secret, and Mary’s keeping it for him because, well, she doesn’t know any better.

31600ish is the count, which means 1500ish til I can push out the next chapter. Wish me good luck with that. I’m hoping it’s just a few days’ worth.

Hope you’re well.
mgb