Writing update

I've been writing gangbusters on the new novel, and it feels good. I'm back into my longhand groove again. I'm only at 22,000 words, but considering I got the original idea for the book on Easter Weekend and I have the rest of the book mapped out, that's pretty good for six months of work.

The delay was because I went back and revised my first few chapters more than once. Something was bugging me, but once I figured it out, I had a lot of fixing to do. Now I have a story that is way better than the one I started with and I'm SO keen to get it done.

Still, I'm not going to make my October 1 deadline, so I pushed it back to November 1. This is only the second novel I've finished and the first one took me two years, so it will be interesting to see how quickly I get this one done.

Then the other day as I was driving I heard a song on the radio and at the same time it made me think of a scene from an obscure movie I saw years ago, and bing! A new idea was born. I also have another idea for a contemporary but I don't know if I'll write it yet.

Such is the way-cool brain of the writer. You never know what's next.

Back to writing.