April 24, 2008 | about me
I’ve been locked out of my own website for a few days, so sorry for being behind! Fortunately my whiz of a webmistress knows all and has sorted it out for me.
My back is slowly getting better, with the help of rest, painkillers, and homeopathic remedies (I’ve got arnica, thanks for reminding me of it, Jan!). I’m not writing as much as I would like, but I’m managing some, usually in bed typing on my Dana with a heating pad on my shoulder.
I’m sort of at a tricky bit in the book, where several plot threads get wound up but the most important ones get more intense. And yeah, I’ve got the crows. It’s a little different this time because I actually like this book a lot. The heroine is totally one of my favourites, ever. But I worry that nobody else will like it. I also worry that a couple of the threads resolve too easily.
Plus I don’t know yet whether the hero goes back to America at the end, yet. “American Boy” has come on the radio every time I’ve been in the car, and I really like that song, so that makes me think, yeah. I’ll write a scene set in America. But then I look at mounting word count (I’m at 90,000, which was my original goal) and wonder if it would be simpler if they just stayed in London.
Playing God with my characters gets too darn complicated sometimes.
Anyway, back to the writing.
Currently reading: Yorkshire’s Murderous Women: Two Centuries of Killing by Stephen Wade (what a title!)
Jan Jones says:
Glad you’re moving more easily, Julie. Arnica tablets are just the most fantastic things. How does something that tiny work so much magic???
LOVE that American Boy song.