Life is filled with little disappointments. Sometimes its something simple like the local Cafe is out of your favorite writing snacks. Other times is something bigger like finding one of your favorite bands is playing in a nearby city and you can’t get tickets because they just sold out. Personally, I’ve been looking forward to having some extra time so I can get some writing time in. Since I was no longer working the second job I thought for sure I would have a lot of free time to get stuff done for the small business and sneak in some writing. Instead I have been too busy taking care of little glitches. My computer caught a couple trojans that sneaked by my antivirus software. I was able to download a different program and take out the trojans but as a result of them Word developed a different kind of glitch. It tries to open but just gets stuck there and never actually opens a document. Since I misplaced my back up discs I had to order new. It takes two weeks for them to get here. Frustrating. Because I know that since I paid for them already I will find those misplaced backups and moment now.
So here I am sitting at the cafe with my Chai latte and a peanut butter cookie writing a blog instead of working on my book. While I will have a difficult time doing rewrites since I don’t have a print copy of the chapter I was working on, I can still work on creature development and world building. The current story is a paranormal/urban fantasy type. The main character has been groomed all her life to fulfill a purpose she knows nothing about. All she wants is a normal life. The story begins with her thinking she has found that normal life only to have everything she has been running from prove it was only an illusion. The story follows her journey as she finds out who she really is, what she can never have that normal life and the purpose of her existence. She is definitely not going to give up on her dream without a fight and a lot of kicking and screaming.
The world building shouldn’t be as bad as when I write fictional worlds in my scifi stuff. Then I have to create the world, the creatures, the history, the societies, and everything we take for granted in everyday life. Not only have I got different societies on one world, I have several different worlds and all of their societies to create.
Tonight is going to be dedicated to working on the creatures and stuff, plotting the story arc out some more and maybe reading something by Robyn Peterman. Although if I do I will have to wait until I get home. The first chapter had me snorting and laughing when I read it at work. I had to stop reading so I could breathe.
Back to writing!
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