…The Writing Magic, that is.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After some slogging days of making quota but not feeling the thrill (“But I’d rather sit out by the water garden and watch dragonflies…”)\u00a0 I started a scene on Tuesday that grew…and picked the right place to stop for the day.<\/p>\n
Yesterday the rest of it took off at a gallop.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A snowy night, intrigue, danger, swordfighting that started on the roof, involved fighting down a flight of stairs, and in a courtyard…thrusts and parries and draw cuts and slips and falls and so on.\u00a0\u00a0 (By the time Book III comes out, I hope you’ll have forgotten this bit, so you don’t see it coming too soon…but if you do…sit deep in the saddle, because it doesn’t stop until it’s over.)<\/p>\n
It’s also got its funny side.\u00a0 A strong clue to which of the POV characters has center stage at this point.<\/p>\n
Today I overslept (yesterday included making bread and choir practice as well as the scene) and my brain feels full of wet cotton wool.\u00a0 Choir was particularly exhausting as the AC was out in the church and it had heated to the point where we were all sweating (but it was still over 100F outside.)\u00a0 But it’s a work day, so…(writer vanishes behind the curtain again.\u00a0 Loud squeals and grinding noises from the machinery as she tries to get it going…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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